Amram
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AM-ram
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Amram is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “exalted people”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Amram mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“exalted people”
In the Bible, Amram is the father of Moses, Aaron and Miriam.
Is Amram a girl's or a boy's name?
Amram is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Amram, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Amram in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Amram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arham Musa Zamir Ayaan Salem Asaiah Ahmir Yahir Aarav Zahir Amir Ibrahim
Names related to Amram
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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, “Amram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amram, updated 20 October 2026.