Abraham

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #209 for boys in 2025, 1,664 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#124
1911 · 292 births
Debut · boys
1880
81 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
103,967
since 1880

Abraham over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Abraham has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #124, 1911boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2091,664
2024—#2041,737
2023—#2181,695
2022—#2031,843
2021—#2021,916
2020—#2011,900
2019—#1912,065
2018—#1632,373
2017#15,9025#1692,328
2016—#1572,584
2015#14,4826#1702,454
2014#10,12910#1812,382
2013#14,5826#1822,217
2012#16,8695#1911,954
2011—#1921,938
2010—#1941,925
2009#17,2945#1802,110
2008#17,5045#1862,149
2007—#1882,145
2006—#1822,209
2005#16,4625#1922,048
2004#12,7617#1931,988
2003#13,8446#1951,897
2002—#2041,801
2001#15,3525#2001,821
2000#10,7458#2131,686
1999#10,3458#2141,591
1998#14,1225#2081,543
1997—#2161,428
1996—#2271,336
1995—#2321,288
1994#8,8049#2411,225
1993#10,5887#2441,170
1992—#2541,143
1991#13,1475#2431,162
1990#12,9585#2441,135
1989#9,6817#254999
1988—#245974
1987#6,78810#252906
1986#7,7498#247910
1985#7,5638#260849
1984#6,29110#255851
1983#6,7059#268773
1982#6,37110#260837
1981—#269813
1980—#273779
1979#7,3138#277736
1978#5,95810#281689
1977—#289677
1976—#307571
1975#9,0675#340501
1974#7,6806#360456
1973—#384403
1972—#397388
1971#8,3245#423364
1970—#433353
1969—#447302
1968—#472257
1967—#499227
1966—#483253
1965—#469275
1964—#480272
1963—#480275
1962—#477278
1961—#479278
1960—#464294
1959—#455310
1958—#468283
1957—#466274
1956—#431308
1955—#435285
1954—#415304
1953—#395315
1952—#441254
1951—#404285
1950—#387300
1949—#395287
1948—#423251
1947—#435242
1946—#435210
1945—#418205
1944—#439194
1943—#449199
1942—#395234
1941—#418194
1940—#385219
1939—#407197
1938—#388212
1937—#374217
1936—#374214
1935—#341259
1934—#352243
1933—#341246
1932—#331275
1931—#318292
1930—#306345
1929—#300343
1928—#280401
1927—#282406
1926—#275427
1925—#257489
1924—#244554
1923—#237556
1922—#222599
1921—#202683
1920—#203656
1919—#176742
1918—#174757
1917—#171731
1916—#158753
1915—#152790
1914—#141700
1913—#142551
1912—#125533
1911—#124292
1910—#162191
1909—#153163
1908—#159150
1907—#152148
1906—#161122
1905—#171112
1904—#166111
1903—#17195
1902—#19782
1901—#21862
1900—#195100
1899—#17185
1898—#17392
1897—#21262
1896—#153109
1895—#16694
1894—#19973
1893—#145103
1892—#16099
1891—#19962
1890—#19270
1889—#16083
1888—#19078
1887—#16875
1886—#17777
1885—#15886
1884—#19967
1883—#20852
1882—#15191
1881—#14686
1880—#16381
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Abraham was already there! It came in at #163, and was given to 81 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883–1884, when fewer than 68 boys a year got the name.

See more about Abraham
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#204 → #209)
  • 8 spots since 2020 (#201 → #209)
  • 39 spots since 2015 (#170 → #209)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1953 (#441 → #395)
  • Biggest drop: 59 spots in 1897 (#153 → #212)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1911 at #124 (292 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 734
  • Highest: 1 in 734 boys born in 2016 were named Abraham (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,026 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
  • Its best rank, #124 in 1911, was only 1 in 774 (0.13%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 21.4% of all boys named Abraham (22,220) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s776#146 (1881)#172
1890s849#145 (1893)#177
1900s1,145#152 (1907)#174
1910s6,040#124 (1911)#153
1920s5,114#202 (1921)#250
1930s2,500#306 (1930)#353
1940s2,235#385 (1940)#419
1950s2,918#387 (1950)#430
1960s2,711#447 (1969)#475
1970s5,138#277 (1979)#349
1980s8,691#245 (1988)#258
1990s13,021#208 (1998)#232
2000s19,854#180 (2009)#193
2010s22,220#157 (2016)#179
2020s10,755#201 (2020)#206

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Abraham in 1954

boys
#415
304 births · 1 in 6,706 boys

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #415Abraham304
More about 1954

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 6,706 of them was named Abraham, which outranked 90.5% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abraham
  1. #411Jason306
  2. #411Salvador306
  3. #414Woodrow305
  4. #415Abraham304
  5. #416Rory297
  6. #417Jaime295
  7. #418Elton294
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954 →