Akram is an Arabic name meaning "most generous" or "most noble", a superlative of karim, the same root as Karim and Kareem, and it appears in the Quran as a description of God. It is used across the Arab world, Pakistan and Turkey. In the United States Akram has moved between number 1800 and 2700 for the past decade, peaking at 1868 in 2023 and ranking 2208 in 2025 with 64 births.