How Many People Are Named Abraham?

83,520

people named Abraham are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 4,092 people in the US has this name

Based on 104,175 babies named Abraham in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#631

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#278

See the top 100

Peak Year

2016

2,584 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Hungarian
Pronunciation: A-braw-ham
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Hungarian form of ABRAHAM.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.2%
Male
99.8%

Almost all of the babies given the name Abraham (99.8%) were boys.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Abraham alive today is about 24 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 33 in 2025.

Under 30 58,129
69.6%
30 to 59 20,712
24.8%
60 and over 4,679
5.6%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Abraham first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2016, to 2,584 babies. In 2025, 1,664 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Abraham has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #124, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #209.

Boys
Rank in 2025#209
Best rank#124 (1911)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#184 in the 2010s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Abraham alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Abraham were born in California than in any other state: about 19,645 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Abraham was given 2.7 times as often in New York, 2.6 times in Hawaii and 1.8 times in California.

California 19,645
Texas 12,790
New York 11,843
Florida 3,419
Illinois 2,952
Arizona 2,629
New Jersey 2,177
Georgia 1,526
Pennsylvania 1,424
Michigan 1,419
Washington 1,392
North Carolina 1,298
Colorado 1,296
Ohio 1,236
Indiana 997
Wisconsin 959
Virginia 934
Minnesota 867
Massachusetts 832
South Carolina 805
Oregon 801
Maryland 742
Nevada 724
Utah 658
New Mexico 639
Tennessee 633
Missouri 547
Oklahoma 532
Alabama 524
Kansas 523
Iowa 483
Hawaii 455
Louisiana 395
Connecticut 370
Nebraska 344
Arkansas 302
Kentucky 291
Idaho 240
Mississippi 179
District of Columbia 168
Rhode Island 97
Maine 73
Alaska 64
New Hampshire 52
South Dakota 34
West Virginia 29
Montana 25
North Dakota 22
Delaware 16
Vermont 10
Wyoming 5

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