How rare is the name Ashraf?

4,129 people in the United States have the first name Ashraf, about 1 in 73,149. It ranks #4,489 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ASHRAF

#4,489

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,129
About
1 in 73,149
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,129 people named Ashraf, 67.2% reported their origin as White, 20.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6.7% as Black. 84.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ashraf peaked in 1988, when 35 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
35
In 2025*
29 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 952 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ashraf by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #6,390. The largest share of babies named Ashraf, 33.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#8,007106
1980s#6,390200
1990s#8,872175
2000s#11,168174
2010s#11,924169
2020s#10,130123
Generation X 1965–8013%
Millennials 1981–9633.6%
Generation Z 1997–1227.4%
2013 and later25.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Ashraf

1 other first name also has 4,129 people.

#4,489 Mamadou · 4,129

Either side of Ashraf

#4,487 Sahara · 4,133#4,488 Aliah · 4,131#4,489 Mamadou · 4,129#4,491 Delanie · 4,126

Also a last name

As a last name, Ashraf ranks #9,236 of 156,621, with 3,386 people. See Ashraf as a last name

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