Abraham
Abraham is ranked 204th among boys in 2024 (1,729 births). Its best rank was 124th, in 1911.
- Rank in 2024
- #204up 14 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,7290.10% of boys
- Peak year
- 20162,583 births
- Best rank
- #124in 1911
- Since 1880
- 102,276people given the name
The story in the numbers
102,276 boys have been named Abraham in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 2,583 births — 0.14% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 180 → 204).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2010s alone account for 22%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Abraham | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 776 | |
| 1890s | 849 | |
| 1900s | 1,145 | |
| 1910s | 6,040 | |
| 1920s | 5,114 | |
| 1930s | 2,500 | |
| 1940s | 2,235 | |
| 1950s | 2,917 | |
| 1960s | 2,710 | |
| 1970s | 5,138 | |
| 1980s | 8,692 | |
| 1990s | 13,019 | |
| 2000s | 19,849 | |
| 2010s | 22,216 | |
| 2020s | 9,076 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Abraham was the 157th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Abraham
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Emanuelpeak 2007
- Simonpeak 2015
- Hugopeak 2006
- Solomonpeak 2016
- Edsonpeak 2019
- Amonpeak 2023
- Maxpeak 2009
- Colemanpeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.