Brahim
Boy · bra-HEEM · Hebrew
Brahim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of many”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Brahim mean?
Hebrew: North African short form of Ibrahim (Abraham)
“father of many”
A Maghrebi form of Ibrahim, the Arabic form of Abraham, who is honoured as a prophet in Islam.
- Say it
- bra-HEEM
Is Brahim a girl's or a boy's name?
Brahim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brahim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 242% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Brahim, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Brahim in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brahim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Brahim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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