Abram

A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning high father; alternate form of Abraham.

Babies a year
739
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#742
down from #710
UK popularity
#1307
21 babies

How Abram has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#318#561#803201520202025#742

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#383
2016#379
2017#419
2018#434
2019#481
2020#555
2021#583
2022#638
2023#712
2024#710
2025#742

Abram by the numbers

In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Abram. In the US, 739 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 860 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Abraham

Like Abram, each of these traces back to Abraham: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Abrahamfather of many nations2,305 in the US (2017)
  • Ibrahimfather of many; form of Abraham731 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Avrahamfather of many; Hebrew form of Abraham154 in the US (2017)
  • Abbeyfather; diminutive of Abigail or Abraham94 in the US (2017)
  • Avrohomfather of multitudes; form of Abraham94 in the US (2017)
  • Abefather of multitudes; form of Abraham72 in the US (2017)
  • Bramfather of multitudes; form of Abraham10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Abrianafather of multitudes; a feminine form of Abraham51 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Abram. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aramhigh, exalted20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Akrammost generous, most noble32 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Abrarpious or righteous ones27 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Abrahmfather of multitudes; a form of Abraham25 in the US (2017)
  • Abranfather of multitudes; form of Abraham22 in the US (2017)
  • Avramfather of many nations; a form of Abraham12 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Abram

Names that are said the same way as Abram, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Abraamfather of multitudes; a form of Abraham3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Abrum7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Abram

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