How rare is the name Ibrahim?

21,501 people in the United States have the first name Ibrahim, about 1 in 14,047. It ranks #1,533 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

IBRAHIM

#1,533

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
21,501
About
1 in 14,047
This common or more
75.4%
Who bears it

Of the 21,501 people named Ibrahim, 41% reported their origin as White, 33.2% as Black and 16.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ibrahim peaked in 2025, when 939 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
939
In 2025*
939
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 17,907 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.

Ibrahim by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #812. The largest share of babies named Ibrahim, 55.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#10,21636
1970s#4,286284
1980s#2,825669
1990s#1,9491,638
2000s#1,3433,658
2010s#8996,877
2020s#8124,740
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–802%
Millennials 1981–969.3%
Generation Z 1997–1233%
2013 and later55.6%

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 Ibrahim is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ibrahim has been most common in New York (2.3×), Maryland (2.3×), and Minnesota (2.1×), and least common in Louisiana (0.11×).

15,958 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.

Either side of Ibrahim

#1,531 Amalia · 21,522#1,532 Bridgette · 21,502#1,534 Wilfredo · 21,456#1,535 Elisha · 21,425

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,155 Ibrahima · 1,793#10,334 Ibraheem · 1,297#30,462 Ibraham · 286#37,614 Ibrahem · 207#40,339 Ibrahin · 185

Also a last name

As a last name, Ibrahim ranks #1,338 of 156,621, with 25,717 people. See Ibrahim as a last name

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