Ibrahim

What Ibrahim means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ibrahim yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ibrahim?

US: Rising: up from #436 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #96 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 939 boys got the name (#351 that year). First in the US records in 1954.

How common

• About 1 in 1,819 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 372 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 491 baby boys in Scotland 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 NY (1.67 per 1,000 boys), MI (1.39 per 1,000 boys), NJ (1.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ibrahim is #351 in the US and #70 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 Ibrahim were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Abraham1,664 US · 59 E&W
• Ibraheem54 US · 91 E&W
• Ebrahim27 US · 14 E&W
• Abrahim23 US · 3 E&W
• Ibrohim25 US
• Ibrahiim0 US · 3 E&W

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 Ibrahim

Boys

• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Rayan#588Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #178 vs #588 in 2025
• Ameer#980Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 14 babies
• Zayd#632Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #181 vs #632 in 2025

For a sister

• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*

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