Abram

Meaning: Exalted father
Origin: Hebrew (from Akkadian/Hebrew) — A later gloss on an Akkadian-origin name

Boy's name · #742 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Abram was #290 in 1881, slipped to #1545 by 1964, and has climbed back to #742 today. Roughly 20,000 boys have been named Abram since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#434 in Ireland (2025) · #1,309 in England & Wales (2025) · #978 in Canada (2024).

Famous Abrams

Abram Ioffe — Soviet physicist (1880–1960)
Abram Petrovich Gannibal — African-born Russian general and military engineer (c. 1696–1781)
Abram Arkhipov — Russian artist (1862–1930)
Abram Besicovitch — Russian mathematician (1891–1970)
Abram Deborin — Russian philosopher (1881–1963)

What Abrams become

Among 373 notable people named Abram:

Business leaders appear 2.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Abram Stevens Hewitt, American politician, lawyer and businessman (1822–1903).

Similar names: Abraham · Elisha · Abner · Simeon · Hiram · Aram

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