Ikram — #9226 US unisex name
328 babies named Ikram in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Ikram was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Ikram in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ikram
The Social Security Administration has registered 328 babies named Ikram between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ikram currently holds the #9226 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Ikram is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 43 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ikram performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ikram shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ikram in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ikram in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 328 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ikram at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ikram popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2008)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #9226 among girls.
328 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 26 births in a single year.
Ikram popularity over time — boys
43 total births recorded since 2007 (Ikram as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ikram accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ikram by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 141 births that decade — 43% of Ikram's all-time total
Ikram decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 127 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ikram's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Ikram by state
Where Ikram concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 23 | 7.0% |
23 of 328 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 7.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.