Abraham

“Father of multitudes; some scholars read 'father is exalted'” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #209 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Abraham was #124 in 1911, slipped to #499 by 1967, and has climbed back to #209 today. About 104,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Abraham's short forms are Abe and Abie.

Around the world: about 1 in 570 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 1,300 boys in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 boys in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Abrahams

Abraham Lincoln — president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
Abraham Maslow — American psychologist (1908–1970)
Abraham Ortelius — Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (1527–1598)
Abraham de Moivre — French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)
Abraham ibn Ezra — 12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer

In stories & tradition

Abraham — Genesis 24 · Genesis 25
Abraham (Grampa Simpson) — The Simpsons
Abraham Van Helsing — Dracula · Bram Stoker's Dracula

What Abrahams become

Among 2,490 notable people named Abraham:

Business leaders appear 2.91× more often than among typical names — e.g. Abraham Senior, Sephardi rabbi, banker and politician, who converted to Catholicism.

Similar names: Abram · Simon · Abel · Eli · Abner · Sam

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