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
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 292 births
- Debut · boys
- 81 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 103,967since 1880
Abraham over time
Rank among boys' names. Abraham has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #209 | 1,664 | |
| 2024 | — | #204 | 1,737 | |
| 2023 | — | #218 | 1,695 | |
| 2022 | — | #203 | 1,843 | |
| 2021 | — | #202 | 1,916 | |
| 2020 | — | #201 | 1,900 | |
| 2019 | — | #191 | 2,065 | |
| 2018 | — | #163 | 2,373 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #169 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | — | #157 | 2,584 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #170 | 2,454 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #181 | 2,382 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #182 | 2,217 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #191 | 1,954 |
| 2011 | — | #192 | 1,938 | |
| 2010 | — | #194 | 1,925 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #180 | 2,110 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #186 | 2,149 |
| 2007 | — | #188 | 2,145 | |
| 2006 | — | #182 | 2,209 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #192 | 2,048 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #193 | 1,988 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #195 | 1,897 |
| 2002 | — | #204 | 1,801 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #200 | 1,821 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #213 | 1,686 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #214 | 1,591 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #208 | 1,543 |
| 1997 | — | #216 | 1,428 | |
| 1996 | — | #227 | 1,336 | |
| 1995 | — | #232 | 1,288 | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #241 | 1,225 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #244 | 1,170 |
| 1992 | — | #254 | 1,143 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #243 | 1,162 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #244 | 1,135 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #254 | 999 |
| 1988 | — | #245 | 974 | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #252 | 906 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #247 | 910 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #260 | 849 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #255 | 851 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #268 | 773 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #260 | 837 |
| 1981 | — | #269 | 813 | |
| 1980 | — | #273 | 779 | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #277 | 736 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #281 | 689 |
| 1977 | — | #289 | 677 | |
| 1976 | — | #307 | 571 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #340 | 501 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #360 | 456 |
| 1973 | — | #384 | 403 | |
| 1972 | — | #397 | 388 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #423 | 364 |
| 1970 | — | #433 | 353 | |
| 1969 | — | #447 | 302 | |
| 1968 | — | #472 | 257 | |
| 1967 | — | #499 | 227 | |
| 1966 | — | #483 | 253 | |
| 1965 | — | #469 | 275 | |
| 1964 | — | #480 | 272 | |
| 1963 | — | #480 | 275 | |
| 1962 | — | #477 | 278 | |
| 1961 | — | #479 | 278 | |
| 1960 | — | #464 | 294 | |
| 1959 | — | #455 | 310 | |
| 1958 | — | #468 | 283 | |
| 1957 | — | #466 | 274 | |
| 1956 | — | #431 | 308 | |
| 1955 | — | #435 | 285 | |
| 1954 | — | #415 | 304 | |
| 1953 | — | #395 | 315 | |
| 1952 | — | #441 | 254 | |
| 1951 | — | #404 | 285 | |
| 1950 | — | #387 | 300 | |
| 1949 | — | #395 | 287 | |
| 1948 | — | #423 | 251 | |
| 1947 | — | #435 | 242 | |
| 1946 | — | #435 | 210 | |
| 1945 | — | #418 | 205 | |
| 1944 | — | #439 | 194 | |
| 1943 | — | #449 | 199 | |
| 1942 | — | #395 | 234 | |
| 1941 | — | #418 | 194 | |
| 1940 | — | #385 | 219 | |
| 1939 | — | #407 | 197 | |
| 1938 | — | #388 | 212 | |
| 1937 | — | #374 | 217 | |
| 1936 | — | #374 | 214 | |
| 1935 | — | #341 | 259 | |
| 1934 | — | #352 | 243 | |
| 1933 | — | #341 | 246 | |
| 1932 | — | #331 | 275 | |
| 1931 | — | #318 | 292 | |
| 1930 | — | #306 | 345 | |
| 1929 | — | #300 | 343 | |
| 1928 | — | #280 | 401 | |
| 1927 | — | #282 | 406 | |
| 1926 | — | #275 | 427 | |
| 1925 | — | #257 | 489 | |
| 1924 | — | #244 | 554 | |
| 1923 | — | #237 | 556 | |
| 1922 | — | #222 | 599 | |
| 1921 | — | #202 | 683 | |
| 1920 | — | #203 | 656 | |
| 1919 | — | #176 | 742 | |
| 1918 | — | #174 | 757 | |
| 1917 | — | #171 | 731 | |
| 1916 | — | #158 | 753 | |
| 1915 | — | #152 | 790 | |
| 1914 | — | #141 | 700 | |
| 1913 | — | #142 | 551 | |
| 1912 | — | #125 | 533 | |
| 1911 | — | #124 | 292 | |
| 1910 | — | #162 | 191 | |
| 1909 | — | #153 | 163 | |
| 1908 | — | #159 | 150 | |
| 1907 | — | #152 | 148 | |
| 1906 | — | #161 | 122 | |
| 1905 | — | #171 | 112 | |
| 1904 | — | #166 | 111 | |
| 1903 | — | #171 | 95 | |
| 1902 | — | #197 | 82 | |
| 1901 | — | #218 | 62 | |
| 1900 | — | #195 | 100 | |
| 1899 | — | #171 | 85 | |
| 1898 | — | #173 | 92 | |
| 1897 | — | #212 | 62 | |
| 1896 | — | #153 | 109 | |
| 1895 | — | #166 | 94 | |
| 1894 | — | #199 | 73 | |
| 1893 | — | #145 | 103 | |
| 1892 | — | #160 | 99 | |
| 1891 | — | #199 | 62 | |
| 1890 | — | #192 | 70 | |
| 1889 | — | #160 | 83 | |
| 1888 | — | #190 | 78 | |
| 1887 | — | #168 | 75 | |
| 1886 | — | #177 | 77 | |
| 1885 | — | #158 | 86 | |
| 1884 | — | #199 | 67 | |
| 1883 | — | #208 | 52 | |
| 1882 | — | #151 | 91 | |
| 1881 | — | #146 | 86 | |
| 1880 | — | #163 | 81 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1911 at #124 (292 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 21.4% of all boys named Abraham (22,220) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 776 | #146 (1881) | #172 |
| 1890s | 849 | #145 (1893) | #177 |
| 1900s | 1,145 | #152 (1907) | #174 |
| 1910s | 6,040 | #124 (1911) | #153 |
| 1920s | 5,114 | #202 (1921) | #250 |
| 1930s | 2,500 | #306 (1930) | #353 |
| 1940s | 2,235 | #385 (1940) | #419 |
| 1950s | 2,918 | #387 (1950) | #430 |
| 1960s | 2,711 | #447 (1969) | #475 |
| 1970s | 5,138 | #277 (1979) | #349 |
| 1980s | 8,691 | #245 (1988) | #258 |
| 1990s | 13,021 | #208 (1998) | #232 |
| 2000s | 19,854 | #180 (2009) | #193 |
| 2010s | 22,220 | #157 (2016) | #179 |
| 2020s | 10,755 | #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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 221,728 of them was named Abraham, which outranked 39.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,479Zona9
- #9,479Zoriah9
- #9,479Zyah9
- #10,345Abraham8
- #10,345Aaleyah8
- #10,345Aaliayah8
- #10,345Aaliyha8
- #11,385Aalliyah7
- #11,385Aarika7
- #11,385Aashka7
Tied with 1,039 names at #10,345; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,207 of them was named Abraham, which outranked 98.2% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.