Meaning not yet researched.
Abraham: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,664 in 2025. Its best rank was #124 in 1911.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #124 in 1911; #209 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Abraham in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#209 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1911, at #124.
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Abraham: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,664 boys in 2025. Peak: #124 in 1911 · most boys in one year: 2,584 (2016).
In 2025, 1,664 US boys were named Abraham, making it the 209th most common boys’ name of the year, down 5 places from #204 in 2024. That is 73 fewer than the 1,737 boys named Abraham in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #124, reached in 1911. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,584, in 2016. For comparison, it was #170 in 2015 and #387 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Abraham in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 81 babies with the name. In all, 104,175 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 22,252 babies named Abraham.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 20,105 US boys were named Abraham; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,584. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,026 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Abraham ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #65 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Abram (20,244 babies since 1880), Ibrahim (17,907 babies since 1880), Avraham (4,992 babies since 1880) and Bram (1,537 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Abrahan, Abrahm and Abrahim are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ab and Abe.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Abrahan (1,053), Abrahm (808), Abrahim (705), Abraam (67), Abrahem (41), Abraheem (22), Parham (10), Abriam (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 256 | #65 | #82 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #140 | #143 |
| Texas | 267 | #143 | #120 |
| California | 262 | #148 | #99 |
| New Jersey | 65 | #150 | #185 |
| Nevada | 20 | #155 | #110 |
| Florida | 127 | #176 | #169 |
| Arizona | 47 | #183 | #134 |
| Nebraska | 13 | #196 | #217 |
| Colorado | 32 | #202 | #186 |
| Maryland | 28 | #208 | #188 |
| Tennessee | 36 | #244 | #301 |
| Virginia | 33 | #260 | #290 |
| New Mexico | 7 | #270 | #142 |
| North Carolina | 45 | #270 | #214 |
| Michigan | 37 | #270 | #234 |
| Illinois | 39 | #277 | #179 |
| Washington | 26 | #283 | #187 |
| Georgia | 43 | #286 | #236 |
| Utah | 16 | #302 | #304 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | #307 | #202 |
| Oregon | 12 | #326 | #209 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | #328 | #197 |
| South Carolina | 14 | #372 | #203 |
| Iowa | 9 | #379 | #229 |
| Missouri | 16 | #392 | #390 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | #397 | #267 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #398 | #225 |
| Minnesota | 13 | #420 | #222 |
| Kentucky | 11 | #422 | #295 |
| Kansas | 8 | #428 | #223 |
| Indiana | 16 | #431 | #227 |
| Idaho | 5 | #435 | #180 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #437 | #172 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #440 | #234 |
| Ohio | 20 | #513 | #319 |
| Alabama | 9 | #525 | #369 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #532 | #270 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,664 | #209 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,737 | #204 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,695 | #218 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,843 | #203 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,916 | #202 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,900 | #201 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,065 | #191 |
| 2018 | — | — | 2,373 | #163 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,931 | 2,328 | #169 |
| 2016 | — | — | 2,584 | #157 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,506 | 2,454 | #170 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,137 | 2,382 | #181 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,607 | 2,217 | #182 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,897 | 1,954 | #191 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,938 | #192 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,925 | #194 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,321 | 2,110 | #180 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,529 | 2,149 | #186 |
| 2007 | — | — | 2,145 | #188 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,209 | #182 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,482 | 2,048 | #192 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,771 | 1,988 | #193 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,859 | 1,897 | #195 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,801 | #204 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,370 | 1,821 | #200 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,747 | 1,686 | #213 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,354 | 1,591 | #214 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,136 | 1,543 | #208 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,428 | #216 |
| 1996 | — | — | 1,336 | #227 |
| 1995 | — | — | 1,288 | #232 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,809 | 1,225 | #241 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,596 | 1,170 | #244 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,143 | #254 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,149 | 1,162 | #243 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,965 | 1,135 | #244 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,684 | 999 | #254 |
| 1988 | — | — | 974 | #245 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,789 | 906 | #252 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,752 | 910 | #247 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,565 | 849 | #260 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,293 | 851 | #255 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,709 | 773 | #268 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,371 | 837 | #260 |
| 1981 | — | — | 813 | #269 |
| 1980 | — | — | 779 | #273 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,313 | 736 | #277 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,959 | 689 | #281 |
| 1977 | — | — | 677 | #289 |
| 1976 | — | — | 571 | #307 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,069 | 501 | #340 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,681 | 456 | #360 |
| 1973 | — | — | 403 | #384 |
| 1972 | — | — | 388 | #397 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,326 | 364 | #423 |
| 1970 | — | — | 353 | #433 |
| 1969 | — | — | 302 | #447 |
| 1968 | — | — | 257 | #472 |
| 1967 | — | — | 227 | #499 |
| 1966 | — | — | 253 | #483 |
| 1965 | — | — | 275 | #469 |
| 1964 | — | — | 272 | #480 |
| 1963 | — | — | 275 | #480 |
| 1962 | — | — | 278 | #477 |
| 1961 | — | — | 278 | #479 |
| 1960 | — | — | 294 | #464 |
| 1959 | — | — | 310 | #455 |
| 1958 | — | — | 283 | #468 |
| 1957 | — | — | 274 | #466 |
| 1956 | — | — | 308 | #431 |
| 1955 | — | — | 285 | #435 |
| 1954 | — | — | 304 | #415 |
| 1953 | — | — | 315 | #395 |
| 1952 | — | — | 254 | #441 |
| 1951 | — | — | 285 | #404 |
| 1950 | — | — | 300 | #387 |
| 1949 | — | — | 287 | #395 |
| 1948 | — | — | 251 | #423 |
| 1947 | — | — | 242 | #435 |
| 1946 | — | — | 210 | #435 |
| 1945 | — | — | 205 | #418 |
| 1944 | — | — | 194 | #439 |
| 1943 | — | — | 199 | #449 |
| 1942 | — | — | 234 | #395 |
| 1941 | — | — | 194 | #418 |
| 1940 | — | — | 219 | #385 |
| 1939 | — | — | 197 | #407 |
| 1938 | — | — | 212 | #388 |
| 1937 | — | — | 217 | #374 |
| 1936 | — | — | 214 | #374 |
| 1935 | — | — | 259 | #341 |
| 1934 | — | — | 243 | #352 |
| 1933 | — | — | 246 | #341 |
| 1932 | — | — | 275 | #331 |
| 1931 | — | — | 292 | #318 |
| 1930 | — | — | 345 | #306 |
| 1929 | — | — | 343 | #300 |
| 1928 | — | — | 401 | #280 |
| 1927 | — | — | 406 | #282 |
| 1926 | — | — | 427 | #275 |
| 1925 | — | — | 489 | #257 |
| 1924 | — | — | 554 | #244 |
| 1923 | — | — | 556 | #237 |
| 1922 | — | — | 599 | #222 |
| 1921 | — | — | 683 | #202 |
| 1920 | — | — | 656 | #203 |
| 1919 | — | — | 742 | #176 |
| 1918 | — | — | 757 | #174 |
| 1917 | — | — | 731 | #171 |
| 1916 | — | — | 753 | #158 |
| 1915 | — | — | 790 | #152 |
| 1914 | — | — | 700 | #141 |
| 1913 | — | — | 551 | #142 |
| 1912 | — | — | 533 | #125 |
| 1911 | — | — | 292 | #124 |
| 1910 | — | — | 191 | #162 |
| 1909 | — | — | 163 | #153 |
| 1908 | — | — | 150 | #159 |
| 1907 | — | — | 148 | #152 |
| 1906 | — | — | 122 | #161 |
| 1905 | — | — | 112 | #171 |
| 1904 | — | — | 111 | #166 |
| 1903 | — | — | 95 | #171 |
| 1902 | — | — | 82 | #197 |
| 1901 | — | — | 62 | #218 |
| 1900 | — | — | 100 | #195 |
| 1899 | — | — | 85 | #171 |
| 1898 | — | — | 92 | #173 |
| 1897 | — | — | 62 | #212 |
| 1896 | — | — | 109 | #153 |
| 1895 | — | — | 94 | #167 |
| 1894 | — | — | 73 | #199 |
| 1893 | — | — | 103 | #145 |
| 1892 | — | — | 99 | #160 |
| 1891 | — | — | 62 | #199 |
| 1890 | — | — | 70 | #192 |
| 1889 | — | — | 83 | #160 |
| 1888 | — | — | 78 | #190 |
| 1887 | — | — | 75 | #168 |
| 1886 | — | — | 77 | #177 |
| 1885 | — | — | 86 | #158 |
| 1884 | — | — | 67 | #199 |
| 1883 | — | — | 52 | #208 |
| 1882 | — | — | 91 | #151 |
| 1881 | — | — | 86 | #146 |
| 1880 | — | — | 81 | #163 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).