# Avraham (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/avraham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,992 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,992 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 164, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From transliterations of modern pronunciations of Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (Avrahám). Doublet of Abramo, Abraham, Ibrahim, and Abrahan.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 125 | 1,350 |
| 2012 | 134 | 1,296 |
| 2013 | 154 | 1,169 |
| 2014 | 152 | 1,206 |
| 2015 | 138 | 1,288 |
| 2016 | 141 | 1,288 |
| 2017 | 155 | 1,196 |
| 2018 | 175 | 1,113 |
| 2019 | 167 | 1,163 |
| 2020 | 193 | 1,046 |
| 2021 | 165 | 1,188 |
| 2022 | 193 | 1,109 |
| 2023 | 218 | 1,007 |
| 2024 | 220 | 1,013 |
| 2025 | 214 | 1,034 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## People named Avraham

- Avraham Shapira, Chief Rabbi of Israel (1983–1993)
- Abraham Isaac Kook, chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)
- Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist and writer (born 1948)
- Abraham J. Twerski, American rabbi and psychiatrist (1930–2021)
- Abraham Petros I Ardzivian, Armenian priest (1679-1749)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.