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Abraham

Gender
Boy
Say it
AY-bra-ham
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#655 for boys
US rank, 2025
#209 for boys

Abraham is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of many”. In 2025 it ranked 655th for boys in the UK (62 babies) and 209th for boys in the US (1,664 babies).

What does Abraham mean?

Hebrew

“father of many”

Abraham is a patriarch in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, where he is known as Ibrahim.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Abraham a girl's or a boy's name?

Abraham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 62 boys in the UK and 1,664 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Abraham in the UK?

Rank in 2025
655th among boys
Babies in 2025
62 about 1 in 4,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 62 boys in the UK were named Abraham, making it the 655th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 498th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 94 boys.

Half of all the boys named Abraham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 627th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 94 in 20172025
Abraham in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202562#655
202466#634
202361#650
202283#521
202186#518
202086#498
201979#543
201881#534
201794#483
201687#514
201591#491
201483#528
201369#576
201261#634
201166#578
201072#541
200978#506
200866#563
200761#566
200658#564
200558#527
200477#403
200352#516
200249#499
200156#441
200061#409
199943#522
199843#509
199744#486
199642#479

How popular is Abraham in the US?

Rank in 2025
209th among boys
Babies in 2025
1,664 about 1 in 1,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 20% in five years
Same name in a class
1.4% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,664 boys in the US were named Abraham, making it the 209th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 201st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 2,584 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Abraham than any year since 1999.

Half of all the boys named Abraham in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1880Busiest: 2,584 in 20162025
Abraham in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,664#209
20241,737#204
20231,695#218
20221,843#203
20211,916#202
20201,900#201
20192,065#191
20182,373#163
20172,328#169
20162,584#157
20152,454#170
20142,382#181
20132,217#182
20121,954#191
20111,938#192
20101,925#194
20092,110#180
20082,149#186
20072,145#188
20062,209#182
20052,048#192
20041,988#193
20031,897#195
20021,801#204
20011,821#200
20001,686#213
19991,591#214
19981,543#208
19971,428#216
19961,336#227
19951,288#232
19941,225#241
19931,170#244
19921,143#254
19911,162#243
19901,135#244
1989999#254
1988974#245
1987906#252
1986910#247
1985849#260
1984851#255
1983773#268
1982837#260
1981813#269
1980779#273
1979736#277
1978689#281
1977677#289
1976571#307
1975501#340
1974456#360
1973403#384
1972388#397
1971364#423
1970353#433
1969302#447
1968257#472
1967227#499
1966253#483
1965275#469
1964272#480
1963275#480
1962278#477
1961278#479
1960294#464
1959310#455
1958283#468
1957274#465
1956308#430
1955285#434
1954304#414
1953315#394
1952254#440
1951285#403
1950300#386
1949287#395
1948251#423
1947242#435
1946210#435
1945205#418
1944194#439
1943199#449
1942234#395
1941194#418
1940219#385
1939197#407
1938212#388
1937217#374
1936214#374
1935259#341
1934243#352
1933246#341
1932275#331
1931292#318
1930345#306
1929343#300
1928401#280
1927406#282
1926427#275
1925489#257
1924554#244
1923556#237
1922599#222
1921683#202
1920656#203
1919742#176
1918757#174
1917731#171
1916753#158
1915790#152
1914700#141
1913551#142
1912533#125
1911292#124
1910191#162
1909163#153
1908150#159
1907148#152
1906122#161
1905112#171
1904111#166
190395#171
190282#197
190162#218
1900100#195
189985#171
189892#173
189762#212
1896109#153
189594#166
189473#199
1893103#145
189299#160
189162#199
189070#192
188983#160
188878#190
188775#168
188677#177
188586#158
188467#199
188352#208
188291#151
188186#146
188081#163

Nicknames for Abraham

Names like Abraham

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elijah, Elias, Adam, Isaac, Noah, Isaiah, Eli, Gabriel, Levi, Austin, Tobias, Raphael

Names related to Abraham

Abram, Abrahim, Abrahm

More Hebrew names

Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Eliana, Joseph

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Abraham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abraham, updated 20 October 2026.