Abraham
The 2025 national count puts Abraham at #209, keeping its place without fuss. It crested back in 1911, and what is left is the good kind of familiar: heard of, rarely met.
Abraham’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Abraham, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Abraham since 1880
Abraham peaked in 1911 at #124; #209 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Abraham is most common
Among the states, Abraham takes its largest share in New York, 0.3% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with Rhode Island and Nevada next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Abraham
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Lucille
#239 in 2025
Aitana
#211 in 2025
Victor
#211 in 2025 · Latin
Vera
#205 in 2025 · Slavonic
Alaina
#224 in 2025
Edward
#224 in 2025 · Teutonic
Alora
#195 in 2025
Arianna
#234 in 2025
Browse: names starting with A · all names
About Abraham
Where does Abraham rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Abraham at #209, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Abraham?
The 1884 reference we quote from has no entry for Abraham. Rather than borrow a gloss from somewhere we cannot cite, the page leaves the meaning blank and lets the chart speak.
Is there a sibling name for Abraham?
Nearest by the published recipe: Lucille, Aitana and Victor. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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