Abraham
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Abraham
Abraham is among the most classic baby names that's still widely-used today, popular for its references to both the Bible and American history. The Biblical Abraham was the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and is considered the founding father of the Jewish people. He was originally named Abram, until, according to Genesis, he was told, "No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations."
In the nineteenth century, President Lincoln hung a beard on the name Abraham, which kept it from reaching the mass modern popularity of other biblical names like Benjamin and Samuel. Interestingly, Lincoln is now a more popular name for boys than Abraham.
Now that names like Ezekiel and Isaiah are making a comeback, more parents are thinking about a Baby Abie or -- even better -- a Baby Bram. And it does, of course, have the noble namesake of Honest Abe to recommend it.
Country music singer Lila McCann chose it for her son, as did musician Ziggy Marley.
Abraham Van Helsing is the wise Dutch doctor in Dracula who understands the ways of vampires.
Abraham is also given to girls.
Pronounced AY-bruh-ham.
As of October 2026, Abraham ranked #209 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #124 in 1911, Nameberry popularity #468.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #180 | 2,382 | 1,240.1 |
| 2015 | #170 | 2,454 | 1,280.3 |
| 2016 | #157 | 2,583 | 1,361.1 |
| 2017 | #169 | 2,328 | 1,257.7 |
| 2018 | #163 | 2,372 | 1,306.1 |
| 2019 | #191 | 2,064 | 1,150.4 |
| 2020 | #201 | 1,899 | 1,100.2 |
| 2021 | #202 | 1,913 | 1,093.5 |
| 2022 | #203 | 1,840 | 1,053.8 |
| 2023 | #218 | 1,695 | 990.9 |
| 2024 | #204 | 1,729 | 1,003.5 |
| 2025 | #209 | 1,664 | 974.2 |
World rankings
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Abraham on lists
Famous Abrahams
- AbrahamBoy
Biblical patriarch
- Abraham LincolnBoy
16th U.S. president
- Abraham David "Abe" BeameBoy
American politician; former mayor of New York City
- Abraham "Bram" StokerBoy
Irish novelist
- Abraham Van BurenBoy
son of U.S. President Martin Van Buren
- Abraham Harold MaslowBoy
American psychologist
- Abraham Ben Meir Ibn EzraBoy
medieval Spanish rabbi and scholar
- Abraham BaldwinBoy
U.S. Senator and Founding Father from Georgia
- Abraham GeigerBoy
German rabbi who led to the founding of Reform Judaism
- Abraham OrteliusBoy
Flemish cartographer who invented the modern atlas
- Abraham IBoy
III, Patriarchs of the Church of the East
- Abraham WoodhullBoy
American Revolutionary spy
- Abraham ChamiecBoy
Polish nobleman
- Abraham Cwi DawidowiczBoy
Polish,Jewish composer
- Abraham FlaksBoy
Russian,Jewish chief rabbi of Cracow
- Abraham Szymon GoldsteinBoy
Polish industrialist of Silesia
- Abraham Abel GombinerBoy
Polish,Jewish philosopher, tzadik, chief rabbi of Kalisz
- Abraham KarpinowiczBoy
Polish,Jewish writer
- Abraham Izaak KamińskiBoy
Polish,Jewish actor and director
- Abraham KulwiećBoy
Polish,Lithuanian reformation activist
- Abraham KurcBoy
Polish,Jewish actor
- Abraham MorewskiBoy
Polish,Jewish writer and actor
- Abraham NeumannBoy
Polish painter and graphic designer
- Abraham PerlmutterBoy
Polish rabbi and parliamentarian
- Abraham SochaBoy
Polish crusader from Masovia
- Abraham Jakub SternBoy
Polish,Jewish inventor
- Abraham Lincoln "Abe" ErlangerBoy
American theatrical producer, director, designer, theatre owner, and a leading figure of the Theatrical Syndicate
- Abraham ZbąskiBoy
Polish magnate
- Abraham Elliot Wolofsky (b. 2008)Boy
son of American country singer Lila McCann
- Abraham Selassie Robert Nesta Marley (b. 2011)Boy
son of Jamaican musician Ziggy Marley
- Abraham GeorgeBoy
Indian,American businessman, academic, and philanthropist; founder of Shanti Bhavan, a free K,12 boarding school of international standards for children from disadvantaged backgrounds in India
Abraham in pop culture
- Abraham Van HelsingBoy
character in Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
- Abraham JayBoy
Jedediah "Abe" Simpson aka Grampa Simpson, character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Abraham FordBoy
character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
- Abraham SetrakianBoy
character on TV's "The Strain"
- Abraham FinkelBoy
character in "Sims" series
- Abraham Van Helsing from the otome visual novel Code Realize: Guardian of RebirthBoy
only loosely based on his literary namesake.
- Abraham RavenwoodBoy
one of the antagonists of the Caster Chronicles series
- Abraham “Abe” SapienBoy
character in “Hellboy”