Abraham is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “father of a multitude.” In 2024 it was given to 1,729 boys in the United States.
Abraham belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “father of a multitude” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Abraham first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #124 in 1911, and in 2024 1,729 babies received the name — 102,276 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Abraham means “father of a multitude” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Abraham is a boy name. In 2024, 1,729 babies received the name in the US.
Abraham comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Abraham first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #124 in 1911, and 1,729 babies were given the name in 2024.
Abraham is pronounced /ˈeɪ.bɹə.hæm/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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