Brahm
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BRAHM
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Brahm is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of many”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Brahm mean?
Hebrew: usually a short form of Abraham; also a Hindi name from Sanskrit Brahman
“father of many”
Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, was born Abraham.
Is Brahm a girl's or a boy's name?
Brahm is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brahm in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Brahm, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Brahm in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brahm in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Brahm
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zayd Zamir Salem Ibrahim Finn Hamza Zahir Zayn Asaiah Brayden Azariah
Names related to Brahm
More Hebrew names
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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, “Brahm: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brahm, updated 20 October 2026.