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Abraham
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/
Rank in 2024
#204
Born in 2024
1,729
Peak year
2016 · #157
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,729 boys were named Abraham, about 1 in every 992.
- It peaked in 2016 with 2,583 babies, ranked #157.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 102,276 boys have been named Abraham since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Abraham per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.5Millennials1981–96
- 1.0Gen Z1997–12
- 1.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11,455 babies, 0.69 per 1,000. Silent: 4,489 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,303 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen X: 7,231 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Millennials: 16,370 babies, 0.54 per 1,000. Gen Z: 30,228 babies, 0.96 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 25,475 babies, 1.17 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Abraham, from Old English Abraham, from Late Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ (Abrāā́m), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ('aḇrāhām, “Abraham”). Thomas L. Thompson suggests that the meaning of the name in Genesis was forgotten due to its age and that its original meaning was "Father is exalted." Glossed as אַב (aḇ, “father of”) + הֲמוֹן (hăˈmōn, “multitude of”) in Genesis 17:4–5; or from Hebrew אַבְרָם ('aḇrām, “Abram”). Doublet of Ibrahim, Avraham, Abramo, and Abrahan.
- A male given name from Hebrew. [first attested prior to 1150]
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Abraham, CC BY-SA 4.0.