How rare is the name Avraham?

3,579 people in the United States have the first name Avraham, about 1 in 84,390. It ranks #4,968 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

AVRAHAM

#4,968

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,579
About
1 in 84,390
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,579 people named Avraham, 95.4% reported their origin as White, 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Avraham peaked in 2024, when 220 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
220
In 2025*
214 ▼3%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,992 babies have been given the name since 1954. 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.

Avraham by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,239. The largest share of babies named Avraham, 45.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#11,06318
1960s#8,55457
1970s#6,024166
1980s#3,869416
1990s#3,613641
2000s#3,2841,018
2010s#2,7231,473
2020s#2,2391,203
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–804.4%
Millennials 1981–9616.5%
Generation Z 1997–1232.4%
2013 and later45.8%

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 Avraham is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Avraham has been most common in New Jersey (9.7×), New York (7.7×), and Maryland (2.2×), and least common in Illinois (0.16×).

4,072 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.

Exactly as common as Avraham

2 other first names also have 3,579 people.

#4,968 Gaston · 3,579#4,968 Giada · 3,579

Either side of Avraham

#4,962 Rashid · 3,580#4,962 Roxy · 3,580#4,968 Gaston · 3,579#4,968 Giada · 3,579

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,642 Avrohom · 2,394#13,400 Avram · 903

Also a last name

As a last name, Avraham ranks #72,902 of 156,621, with 287 people. See Avraham as a last name

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