# Bram (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bram/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,537 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,537 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 211, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 37 | 3,054 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,495 |
| 2013 | 55 | 2,304 |
| 2014 | 54 | 2,376 |
| 2015 | 48 | 2,570 |
| 2016 | 72 | 1,995 |
| 2017 | 53 | 2,422 |
| 2018 | 52 | 2,479 |
| 2019 | 36 | 3,211 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,210 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,923 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,546 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,066 |
| 2024 | 42 | 2,966 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,422 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Bram

- Bram Cohen, American programmer, creator of BitTorrent protocol
- Bram Moolenaar, Dutch programmer (1961–2023)
- Bram Nuytinck, Dutch footballer
- Bram de Groot, Dutch cyclist
- Bram Welten, Dutch cyclist
- Bram Appel, Dutch football player and manager (1921–1997)
- Bram van Velde, Dutch painter (1895-1981)
- Bram Schmitz, cyclist from the Netherlands
- Bram van Polen, Dutch association football player
- Bram Peper, Dutch politician (1940–2022)
- Bram Lomans, field hockey player
- Bram Bogart, Dutch-Belgian painter (1921-2012)

## 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.