How rare is the name Abram?

14,740 people in the United States have the first name Abram, about 1 in 20,491. It ranks #1,916 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ABRAM

#1,916

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,740
About
1 in 20,491
This common or more
77.7%
Who bears it

Of the 14,740 people named Abram, 57.5% reported their origin as White, 29.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Abram peaked in 2016, when 864 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
864
In 2025*
350 ▼59%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 20,244 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Abram by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #787. The largest share of babies named Abram, 39.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#787228
1890s#1,150181
1900s#1,532148
1910s#1,551512
1920s#1,956504
1930s#2,119383
1940s#2,481354
1950s#2,801379
1960s#3,281333
1970s#2,046929
1980s#1,7521,449
1990s#2,0931,470
2000s#1,3573,600
2010s#8497,253
2020s#1,3232,521
Before 19012.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.1%
Silent Generation 1928–453.4%
Baby boom 1946–643.4%
Generation X 1965–806.2%
Millennials 1981–9611.2%
Generation Z 1997–1229.4%
2013 and later39.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Abram is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abram has been most common in Arizona (2.3×), Texas (2.1×), and New Mexico (1.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.25×).

15,454 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abram, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Abram ranks #6,257 of 156,621, with 5,238 people. See Abram as a last name

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