Ibraheem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ib-ra-HEEM
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #472 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,480 for boys
Ibraheem is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “father of many”. In 2025 it ranked 472nd for boys in the UK (91 babies) and 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Ibraheem mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ibrahim, the Arabic form of Abraham
“father of many”
Ibrahim is honoured in Islam as a great prophet and as the father of monotheism.
Is Ibraheem a girl's or a boy's name?
Ibraheem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 91 boys in the UK and 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ibraheem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 472nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 91 about 1 in 3,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 91 boys in the UK were named Ibraheem, making it the 472nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 459th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 144 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ibraheem than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Ibraheem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 868 boys in the UK were given Ibraheem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #70, up from #472 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 432nd in England and Wales.
Ibraheem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #472 |
| 2024 | 102 | #438 |
| 2023 | 94 | #462 |
| 2022 | 98 | #457 |
| 2021 | 101 | #463 |
| 2020 | 96 | #459 |
| 2019 | 110 | #435 |
| 2018 | 114 | #421 |
| 2017 | 112 | #431 |
| 2016 | 128 | #393 |
| 2015 | 125 | #386 |
| 2014 | 144 | #350 |
| 2013 | 128 | #364 |
| 2012 | 132 | #373 |
| 2011 | 123 | #377 |
| 2010 | 94 | #446 |
| 2009 | 78 | #506 |
| 2008 | 87 | #468 |
| 2007 | 76 | #498 |
| 2006 | 74 | #477 |
| 2005 | 71 | #451 |
| 2004 | 58 | #497 |
| 2003 | 58 | #472 |
| 2002 | 43 | #549 |
| 2001 | 39 | #558 |
| 2000 | 47 | #485 |
| 1999 | 37 | #575 |
| 1998 | 38 | #550 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 27 | #645 |
How popular is Ibraheem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,480th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54 about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Ibraheem, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,346th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Ibraheem in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 993 boys in the US were given Ibraheem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #345, up from #2,480 for this spelling alone.
- Ibrahim 939
- Ibraheem 54
Ibraheem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,437 |
| 2021 | 58 | #2,348 |
| 2020 | 57 | #2,346 |
| 2019 | 49 | #2,625 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 76 | #1,910 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2010 | 71 | #1,956 |
| 2009 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,000 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
Names like Ibraheem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Abdullah, Mustafa, Zayd, Hamza, Ahmed, Huzaifa, Raheem, Umar, Zakariya, Zayaan
Other spellings of Ibraheem
Ibrahim, Ibrahiim
Names related to Ibraheem
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, “Ibraheem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ibraheem, updated 20 October 2026.