NameTides

Abraham

Abraham was the #209 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,664 babies), and #627 in England & Wales and #477 in Canada.

Abraham as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Abraham as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Abraham as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#209 (1,664)#627 (59)#762 (3)——#477 (64)
2024#204 (1,737)#602 (63)#727 (3)—#520 (6)#429 (73)
2023#218 (1,695)#602 (60)——#584 (5)#497 (56)
2022#203 (1,843)#485 (82)———#361 (86)
2021#202 (1,916)#477 (84)——#755 (3)#380 (80)
2020#201 (1,900)#456 (86)——#556 (5)#461 (62)
2019#191 (2,065)#512 (76)#701 (3)—#564 (5)#384 (81)
2018#163 (2,373)#504 (77)—#416 (3)—#384 (80)
2017#169 (2,328)#454 (91)#733 (3)——#369 (86)
2016#157 (2,584)#493 (82)#532 (5)—#491 (6)#406 (74)
2015#170 (2,454)#470 (86)#529 (5)——#411 (74)
2014#181 (2,382)#475 (83)———#503 (56)
2013#182 (2,217)#555 (65)—#398 (3)#534 (5)#374 (78)
2012#191 (1,954)#592 (59)——#718 (3)#424 (66)
2011#192 (1,938)#546 (64)——#490 (6)#525 (50)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #157.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Abraham is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Abraham by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #282WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #277ILMichigan: #270MINew York: #65NYMassachusetts: #307MAOregon: #326ORNevada: #155NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #431INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #397PANew Jersey: #150NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: #140RICalifornia: #148CAUtah: #302UTColorado: #202CONebraska: #196NEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #260VAMaryland: #208MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #183AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #244TNNorth Carolina: #270NCSouth Carolina: #372SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #286GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #143TXFlorida: #176FL
Abraham (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#35313
Ontario2024#39732

Abraham (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AbrahamCanadaBoys#47764
AbrahamEngland & WalesBoys#62759
AbrahamIrelandBoys—too few
AbrahamNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AbrahamScotlandBoys#7623
AbrahamUSGirls—too few
AbrahamUSBoys#2091,664