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Abraham

boy name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
3
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

father of many nations

Goes by Abe, Bram. See all nicknames

The story

Abraham comes from Hebrew Avraham. The traditional reading is father of many or father of a multitude, reinforced in Genesis when Abram's name changes and he is promised as the ancestor of nations. The figure belongs centrally to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition, with related forms including Avraham, Ibrahim, Abraão, and Abram. In English history the name became more common after the Protestant Reformation, and Abraham Lincoln later gave it an unmistakable American bearer. The US curve never vanishes: it has an early baseline, rises modestly late in the twentieth century, steps upward in the 2000s, and remains at its displayed high level through the 2010s and 2020s. That continuity makes Abraham different from a rediscovered rarity. It is an ancient international patriarch name that has kept renewing itself, formal in full and readily shortened to Abe or Bram.

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Abraham across languages

One shared root links 4 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Avraham, explained in Genesis as "father of a multitude"; Abram is Abraham’s earlier name in the same story

The constellation

AbrahamEnglishAbramHebrewIbrahimArabic

More branches

AbeEnglish · short form

How popular is Abraham around the world?

In the United States, 10,755 babies were named Abraham between 2020 and 2025. In Mexico City, there were 140 registrations of Abraham in 2022.

Abraham is on the official records of the United States, Mexico City, Chile, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Spain, New Zealand, Canada, South Australia, Norway, France, England and Wales, Scotland, Montevideo, Poland, Austria and Brazil.

Abraham crosses languages: it is in the latest top 300 of an English-speaking birth record and of a Spanish-speaking one. The full list: English and Spanish

United States

1 in 2,000

In the United States, 10,755 babies were named Abraham between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Abraham peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. Abraham went to 2,460 US babies in 2015 and 1,664 in 2025, 68% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Mexico City City

1 in 840

In Mexico City, there were 140 registrations of Abraham in 2022.

peak 20012022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (8 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Chile

1 in 1,200

In Chile, 144 boys were registered as Abraham in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

peak 19232021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Puerto Rico

1 in 1,600

In Puerto Rico, 11 babies were named Abraham in 2025, and 639 have carried the name since 1998.

1998peak 20092025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Argentina

1 in 2,200

In Argentina, 306 newborns were given the name Abraham in 2024.

2012peak 2023

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 3,000

In Spain, 15,134 residents are named Abraham, the 193rd most common name among men, with a mean age of 27.1 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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New Zealand

1 in 4,800

In New Zealand, 12 boys named Abraham were registered in 2025.

1970peak 19852025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Canada

1 in 5,000

In Canada, 73 boys named Abraham were born in 2024, the 428th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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South Australia

1 in 6,100 · 2017

In South Australia, 3 boys were registered as Abraham in 2017.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Norway

1 in 7,100 · register 2026

In Norway, 4 boys were given the name Abraham in 2025.

1945peak 19852025

share of the boys on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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France

1 in 9,200

In France, about 70 boys named Abraham were born in 2025, the 602nd most common name among boys that year.

1900peak 2019

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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England and Wales

1 in 9,900

In England and Wales, 59 boys named Abraham were born in 2025, the 627th most common name among boys that year.

1996peak 2020

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Scotland

1 in 15,000

In Scotland, 3 boys named Abraham were registered in 2024, the 727th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Montevideo City

1 in 25,000 · 2011

In Montevideo, 1 boy named Abraham was born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Poland

1 in 35,000

In Poland, 7 boys named Abraham were born in 2025, the 391st most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Austria

1 in 76,000

In Austria, 1 boy named Abraham was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Brazil

1 in 250,000

At the 2022 census, 815 people in Brazil were named Abraham, ranked 9,549th, with a median age of 13.
Among people named Abraham living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1940speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 128 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Abraham is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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When you meet Abraham

Most people given the name Abraham in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Abraham

Jeremiah Jesus Daniel Jacob Emmanuel James

Where Abraham travels

Jewish American · a beloved patriarch name carrying deep resonance

Keep exploring

Nicknames for Abraham · Jewish American baby names · Hebrew baby names · Climbers and fallers

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