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
1911 · 292 births
Debut · boys
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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #124, 1911boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1994

girls
#8,804
9 births · 1 in 198,417 girls
boys
#241
1,225 births · 1 in 1,577 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #8,804Abraham9

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #241Abraham1,225
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 198,417 of them was named Abraham, which outranked 44.1% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abraham
  1. #8,122Ziomara10
  2. #8,122Zofia10
  3. #8,122Zykia10
  4. #8,804Abraham9
  5. #8,804Aalliyah9
  6. #8,804Aarin9
  7. #8,804Aasha9
  8. #9,586Aaliyan8
  9. #9,586Abagale8
  10. #9,586Abbye8

Tied with 781 names at #8,804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 4,523Nohely#5,419#896
  2. 4,322Aaliyah#4,524#202
  3. 2,306Zana#3,108#802
  4. 1,711Aliyah#2,068#357
  5. 1,430Zhane#2,012#582
Fallers
  1. 1,015Coraima#875#1,890
  2. 799Kalene#929#1,728
  3. 656Deyanira#938#1,594
  4. 577Crysta#968#1,545
  5. 562Hilary#647#1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 1,577 of them was named Abraham, which outranked 97.6% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abraham
  1. #238Parker1,250
  2. #239Dominique1,238
  3. #240Jamal1,231
  4. #241Abraham1,225
  5. #242Terry1,218
  6. #243Joe1,203
  7. #244Rodney1,183
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. 1,574Tyrin#2,509#935
  2. 714River#1,638#924
  3. 472Bryton#1,460#988
  4. 463Kahlil#1,444#981
  5. 446Jayden#1,295#849
Fallers
  1. 551Garth#965#1,516
  2. 364Jordy#828#1,192
  3. 342Montel#889#1,231
  4. 289Darrel#889#1,178
  5. 245Deante#859#1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994