# Avram (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/avram/  
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 | 937 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 937 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 211, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From transliterations of modern pronunciations of Hebrew אַבְרָם (avrám). Doublet of Abram and Abramo.

## 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 | 22 | 4,377 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,015 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,634 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,503 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,599 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,105 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,611 |
| 2018 | 19 | 4,937 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,236 |
| 2020 | 22 | 4,437 |
| 2021 | 27 | 3,922 |
| 2022 | 20 | 4,866 |
| 2023 | 18 | 5,274 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,829 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,559 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,587 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Avram

- Avram Glazer, American businessman (born 1960)
- Noam Chomsky, American linguist and activist (born 1928)
- Avi Lewis, Canadian politician and filmmaker

## 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.