Abram
Boy · AY-bram · Hebrew
Abram is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “exalted father”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 742nd for boys in the US (350 babies).
What does Abram mean?
Hebrew
“exalted father”
In Genesis Abram is the original name of Abraham, before God renames him.
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Is Abram a girl's or a boy's name?
Abram is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 350 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abram in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Abram, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th.
2025 had the most boys named Abram of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Abram in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Abram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Abram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 350about 1 in 4,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 350 boys in the US were named Abram, making it the 742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 553rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 864 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Abram than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Abram in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 357 boys in the US were given Abram or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #696, up from #742 for this spelling alone.
- Abram 350
- Abrahm 7
Abram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 350 | #742 |
| 2024 | 374 | #711 |
| 2023 | 374 | #709 |
| 2022 | 434 | #638 |
| 2021 | 478 | #583 |
| 2020 | 511 | #553 |
| 2019 | 609 | #481 |
| 2018 | 699 | #434 |
| 2017 | 744 | #419 |
| 2016 | 864 | #379 |
| 2015 | 840 | #383 |
| 2014 | 833 | #377 |
| 2013 | 807 | #375 |
| 2012 | 755 | #393 |
| 2011 | 614 | #443 |
| 2010 | 488 | #530 |
| 2009 | 554 | #492 |
| 2008 | 478 | #550 |
| 2007 | 463 | #556 |
| 2006 | 414 | #594 |
| 2005 | 433 | #552 |
| 2004 | 378 | #589 |
| 2003 | 263 | #710 |
| 2002 | 197 | #841 |
| 2001 | 215 | #783 |
| 2000 | 205 | #791 |
| 1999 | 183 | #826 |
| 1998 | 151 | #930 |
| 1997 | 162 | #864 |
| 1996 | 156 | #877 |
| 1995 | 161 | #850 |
| 1994 | 161 | #841 |
| 1993 | 129 | #943 |
| 1992 | 109 | #1,046 |
| 1991 | 133 | #905 |
| 1990 | 125 | #917 |
| 1989 | 126 | #899 |
| 1988 | 131 | #826 |
| 1987 | 134 | #801 |
| 1986 | 155 | #726 |
| 1985 | 151 | #718 |
| 1984 | 137 | #742 |
| 1983 | 150 | #698 |
| 1982 | 179 | #647 |
| 1981 | 136 | #746 |
| 1980 | 150 | #710 |
| 1979 | 147 | #708 |
| 1978 | 150 | #683 |
| 1977 | 114 | #803 |
| 1976 | 129 | #734 |
| 1975 | 98 | #837 |
| 1974 | 82 | #892 |
| 1973 | 70 | #962 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,137 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,214 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,278 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1967 | 38 | #1,214 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,298 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,544 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 29 | #1,453 |
| 1961 | 29 | #1,495 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 28 | #1,500 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,221 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,049 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,119 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,272 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,310 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,244 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,138 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,062 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,106 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,115 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,235 |
| 1945 | 38 | #1,038 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,038 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,193 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,230 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,168 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,062 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 32 | #1,169 |
| 1935 | 45 | #940 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,059 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1932 | 48 | #937 |
| 1931 | 50 | #910 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,132 |
| 1929 | 55 | #900 |
| 1928 | 49 | #980 |
| 1927 | 51 | #982 |
| 1926 | 52 | #944 |
| 1925 | 50 | #956 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1923 | 48 | #1,008 |
| 1922 | 50 | #999 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1920 | 53 | #947 |
| 1919 | 59 | #859 |
| 1918 | 59 | #855 |
| 1917 | 57 | #849 |
| 1916 | 58 | #810 |
| 1915 | 81 | #643 |
| 1914 | 63 | #639 |
| 1913 | 52 | #611 |
| 1912 | 36 | #713 |
| 1911 | 21 | #689 |
| 1910 | 26 | #556 |
| 1909 | 24 | #530 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 17 | #616 |
| 1906 | 18 | #547 |
| 1905 | 16 | #592 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 11 | #696 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 8 | #778 |
| 1900 | 18 | #578 |
| 1899 | 13 | #548 |
| 1898 | 17 | #505 |
| 1897 | 19 | #438 |
| 1896 | 19 | #462 |
| 1895 | 18 | #476 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 25 | #380 |
| 1891 | 18 | #411 |
| 1890 | 19 | #415 |
| 1889 | 23 | #369 |
| 1888 | 26 | #359 |
| 1887 | 19 | #377 |
| 1886 | 18 | #417 |
| 1885 | 17 | #439 |
| 1884 | 29 | #325 |
| 1883 | 20 | #381 |
| 1882 | 25 | #355 |
| 1881 | 30 | #289 |
| 1880 | 21 | #373 |
Nicknames for Abram
- Abe 4 boys in the UK in 2025
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