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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

AvrahamIn Hebrew: אברהם · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אַבְרָהָםRomanization: Avrahám

Avraham (Hebrew: אברהם) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 70,978 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 1,048 boys and ranked #13. Its peak year was 1951, with 1,545 babies.

People in Israel
70,978
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
1,048
rank #13
Peak year
1951
1,545 babies
USA, 2025
214
rank #1,034

Writing and saying Avraham

In Hebrew letters the name is אברהם, read right to left. Avraham is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "Avrahám" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham
According to the etymology mentioned in Genesis 17:4–5, a contraction of his former name אַבְרָם (Avrám, “Abram”) with הָמוֹן (hamón, “multitude”), as he is promised to be the progenitor of many nations through his covenant with God and his obedience. According to others, the meaning is "father is exalted," from אב (“father”) + רם (“exalted, high”).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Avraham by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Avraham: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Avraham in English-speaking countries

Avraham in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025214#1,0342024 (220)
United Kingdom20258#2,7422011 (10)
England and Wales20258#2,6582011 (10)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Avraham has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Avraham

How do you write Avraham in Hebrew?

Avraham is written אברהם in Hebrew (with vowel points: אַבְרָהָם). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Avrahám".

How many people in Israel are named Avraham?

70,978 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אברהם: 10 women and 70,968 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Avraham a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named אברהם are men.

What does the name Avraham mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, Avraham, equivalent to English Abraham" Etymology: According to the etymology mentioned in Genesis 17:4–5, a contraction of his former name אַבְרָם (Avrám, “Abram”) with הָמוֹן (hamón, “multitude”), as he is promised to be the progenitor of many nations through his covenant with God and his obedience. According to others, the meaning is "father is exalted," from אב (“father”) + רם (“exalted, high”).

Is Avraham used outside Israel?

The name Avraham appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 214 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,034), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 8 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.