Abram

What Abram means

Means “father + high, exalted”

From Latin Abram, from Koine Greek Ἀβράμ (Abrám), from Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām), from אָב (áb, “father”) + רָם (rám, “high, exalted”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Abram” (revision 93878733), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Abram?

US: Falling: down from #383 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1902 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 864 boys got the name (#379 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,880 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,949 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in IA (0.72 per 1,000 boys), WI (0.55 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.52 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Abram is #742 in the US and #1307 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Abram were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Abrahm7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Abram

Boys

• Eli#104“ascent”^*
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Nehemiah#429“consolation of Yahweh”^*
• Ephraim#988“fruitful”^*
• Abraham#209“father of + multitude of”^*

For a sister

• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Elise#223Editor’s note Down from #174 in 2015 to #223 in 2025 in the US
• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Hadassah#569“myrtle”^*
• Briella#362Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1993, with 7 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Abram’s. Rank is US 2025.