Abram
Abram is ranked 710th among boys in 2024 (374 births). Its best rank was 290th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- #710same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3740.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016864 births
- Best rank
- #290in 1881
- Since 1880
- 19,890people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,890 boys have been named Abram in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 864 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 377 → 710).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 36%. It has spent 101 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Abram | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 228 | |
| 1890s | 181 | |
| 1900s | 148 | |
| 1910s | 512 | |
| 1920s | 504 | |
| 1930s | 383 | |
| 1940s | 353 | |
| 1950s | 379 | |
| 1960s | 333 | |
| 1970s | 929 | |
| 1980s | 1,449 | |
| 1990s | 1,470 | |
| 2000s | 3,600 | |
| 2010s | 7,252 | |
| 2020s | 2,169 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Abram was the 379th 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 Abram
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Andersonpeak 2012
- Ansonpeak 2016
- Ephraimpeak 2017
- Elampeak 2015
- Porterpeak 2015
- Jonaspeak 2008
- Piercepeak 2015
- Isaacpeak 2007
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.