The first name Avraham

In 2025, 8 boys were named Avraham, making it the 2,664th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2011, with 10 births (#2,039).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Avraham with other names.

In 2025, 214 boys born in the United States were named Avraham, the 1,034th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2024, when 220 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• 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)

• John
• James
• Joseph
• David
• Noah
• Michael
• Jacob
• Daniel
• Samuel
• Joshua
• Benjamin
• Ethan
• Isaac
• Adam
• Matthew
• Elijah

All 346 names of Hebrew origin

What does the name Avraham mean?

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

What is the origin of the name Avraham?

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

How popular is the name Avraham?

In 2025, 8 boys born in England and Wales were named Avraham, ranking 2,664th. Its peak was 2011, with 10 births.

Is Avraham a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 4,992 US babies named Avraham since 1880 were boys.

When was Avraham most popular?

2024 in the United States, when 220 babies were named Avraham, its highest rank at 1,013th.

What name is Avraham a form of?

Avraham is a form of Abraham.