Avram
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AV-ram
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Avram is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “exalted father”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Avram mean?
Hebrew
“exalted father”
Avram is the original name of Abraham before God renamed him in Genesis.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Avram a girl's or a boy's name?
Avram is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avram in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Avram, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Avram in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Avram or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Avram 12
- Avraam 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Avram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,470 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Avram in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Avram, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Avram in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avram in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
Nicknames for Avram
- Avi 65 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Avram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi Aarav Advik Avyaan Krishiv Shivansh Shivam Aj Yuvraj Vihaan Aviraj Aveer
Other spellings of Avram
Names related to Avram
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Avram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avram, updated 20 October 2026.