Abra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AB-rah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Abra is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Abra mean?
Hebrew: usually explained as a feminine form of Abraham
Abra Bacon is a central character in John Steinbeck's 1952 novel East of Eden.
Is Abra a girl's or a boy's name?
Abra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Abra, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1983, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
2025 had fewer girls named Abra than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Abra in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 65 | #1,689 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,900 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,767 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
Names like Abra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Zaira Safa Amira Aysha Farah Samira Aaliyah Aziza Salma Hadassah Ayla
Names related to Abra
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abra, updated 20 October 2026.