Abram

Peak · boys
1881 · 30 births
Debut · boys
21 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
20,244
since 1880

Abram over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Abram has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #289, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#742350
2024#711374
2023#709374
2022#638434
2021#583478
2020#553511
2019#481609
2018#434699
2017#419744
2016#379864
2015#383840
2014#377833
2013#375807
2012#393755
2011#443614
2010#530488
2009#492554
2008#550478
2007#556463
2006#594414
2005#552433
2004#589378
2003#710263
2002#842197
2001#784215
2000#793205
1999#828183
1998#931151
1997#866162
1996#879156
1995#853161
1994#844161
1993#945129
1992#1,049109
1991#909133
1990#921125
1989#902126
1988#827131
1987#802134
1986#726155
1985#718151
1984#742137
1983#698150
1982#647179
1981#746136
1980#710150
1979#708147
1978#683150
1977#803114
1976#734129
1975#83798
1974#89282
1973#96270
1972#1,13751
1971#1,21446
1970#1,27842
1969#1,23141
1968#1,23338
1967#1,21538
1966#1,29934
1965#1,51326
1964#1,54526
1963#1,25538
1962#1,45429
1961#1,49629
1960#1,35934
1959#1,50128
1958#1,22240
1957#1,05052
1956#1,12046
1955#1,27335
1954#1,31133
1953#1,30433
1952#1,24535
1951#1,13940
1950#1,18137
1949#1,06344
1948#1,10741
1947#1,11642
1946#1,23632
1945#1,03938
1944#1,03840
1943#1,25830
1942#1,19334
1941#1,23029
1940#1,36824
1939#1,16831
1938#1,06237
1937#1,18031
1936#1,16932
1935#94045
1934#1,05938
1933#1,14433
1932#93748
1931#91050
1930#1,13238
1929#90055
1928#98049
1927#98251
1926#94452
1925#95650
1924#1,03247
1923#1,00848
1922#99950
1921#1,00249
1920#94753
1919#85959
1918#85559
1917#84957
1916#81058
1915#64381
1914#63963
1913#61152
1912#71336
1911#68921
1910#55626
1909#53024
1908#87710
1907#61617
1906#54718
1905#59216
1904#53817
1903#69611
1902#7949
1901#7798
1900#57818
1899#54813
1898#50517
1897#43819
1896#46219
1895#47618
1894#43919
1893#50914
1892#38025
1891#41118
1890#41519
1889#36923
1888#35926
1887#37719
1886#41718
1885#43917
1884#32529
1883#38120
1882#35525
1881#28930
1880#37321
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Abram was already there! It came in at #373, and was given to 21 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1903, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

Where Abram is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedNHWashington: #898 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,466 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedMNIllinois: #677 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,812 boysILWisconsin: #393 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,802 boysWIMichigan: #715 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,019 boysMINew York: #1,055 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,675 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedSDIowa: #346 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,383 boysIAIndiana: #579 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,878 boysINOhio: #855 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,837 boysOHPennsylvania: #913 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,532 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #667 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 4,280 boysCAUtah: #703 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,933 boysUTColorado: #680 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,836 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedNEMissouri: #648 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,476 boysMOKentucky: #450 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,054 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedWVVirginia: #727 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,139 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedDEArizona: #634 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,272 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedARTennessee: #719 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,085 boysTNNorth Carolina: #678 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,959 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #504 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,210 boysOKLouisiana: #450 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,913 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedMSAlabama: #685 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,586 boysALGeorgia: #792 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,566 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Abram, so not publishedHITexas: #612 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 3,501 boysTXFlorida: #777 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 5,028 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#346 · 1 in 1,383
  2. Wisconsin#393 · 1 in 1,802
  3. Louisiana#450 · 1 in 1,913
  4. Kentucky#450 · 1 in 2,054
  5. Oklahoma#504 · 1 in 2,210

Best ever in a state: #142 in South Dakota, 2012.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#346101 in 1,383
Wisconsin#393131 in 1,802
Kentucky#450101 in 2,054
Louisiana#450101 in 1,913
Oklahoma#50481 in 2,210
Indiana#579111 in 2,878
Texas#612501 in 3,501
Arizona#634101 in 3,272
Missouri#64881 in 3,476
California#667411 in 4,280
Illinois#677131 in 3,812
North Carolina#678131 in 3,959
Colorado#68071 in 3,836
Alabama#68561 in 3,586
Utah#70351 in 3,933
Michigan#715101 in 4,019
Tennessee#71991 in 4,085
Virginia#72791 in 4,139
Florida#777191 in 5,028
Georgia#792111 in 4,566
Ohio#85591 in 5,837
Washington#89861 in 5,466
Pennsylvania#91381 in 6,532
New York#1,055111 in 7,675
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Abram
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 189 spots since 2020 (#553 → #742)
  • Biggest jump: 347 spots in 1909
  • Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1908
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #289 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1893, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 102 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1880–1920
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,196
  • Highest: 1 in 2,196 boys born in 2016 were named Abram (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,880 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #289 in 1881, was only 1 in 3,358 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.8% of all boys named Abram (7,253) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s228#289 (1881)#368
1890s181#380 (1892)#458
1900s148#530 (1909)#655
1910s512#556 (1910)#722
1920s504#900 (1929)#975
1930s383#910 (1931)#1,070
1940s354#1,038 (1944)#1,165
1950s379#1,050 (1957)#1,235
1960s333#1,215 (1967)#1,360
1970s929#683 (1978)#925
1980s1,449#647 (1982)#752
1990s1,470#828 (1999)#903
2000s3,600#492 (2009)#646
2010s7,253#375 (2013)#421
2020s2,521#553 (2020)#656

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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