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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

IbrahimIn Hebrew: אבראהים · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אִבְּרָאהִים

Ibrahim (Hebrew: אבראהים) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 20,487 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 328 boys and ranked #58. Its peak year was 2004, with 417 babies.

People in Israel
20,487
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
328
rank #58
Peak year
2004
417 babies
USA, 2025
939
rank #351

Writing and saying Ibrahim

In Hebrew letters the name is אבראהים, read right to left. Ibrahim is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ibrahim 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).

Ibrahim: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ibrahim in English-speaking countries

Ibrahim in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025939#3512025 (939)
United Kingdom2025774#742025 (774)
England and Wales2025731#702025 (731)
Scotland202540#1232025 (40)
Northern Ireland20253#3952024 (6)
Ireland202531#1582025 (31)
British Columbia202315#2322018 (16)
Alberta202547#902024 (55)
Quebec202558#1182016 (69)
New South Wales2025100#832025 (100)

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

Related Israeli names

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

Questions about Ibrahim

How do you write Ibrahim in Hebrew?

Ibrahim is written אבראהים in Hebrew (with vowel points: אִבְּרָאהִים). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ibrahim?

20,487 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אבראהים: 7 women and 20,480 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 Ibrahim a boy's or a girl's name?

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

Is Ibrahim used outside Israel?

The name Ibrahim appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 939 boys were given it in 2025 (#351), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 774 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.