Ibrahim

maleArabic, via Hebrew Abraham

The Arabic and Quranic form of the biblical name Abraham; carries the same traditional association with 'father of many' through its link to Abraham.

Origin: Arabic, via Hebrew Abraham

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1946 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #70 in England and Wales in 2025. See regions.

Ibrahim: Recorded since 1946, its highest recorded position is #70, reached in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
141times a registrar ranked it
80years from first to last
#70highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ibrahim's record

Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 20 years. Names by sustained share
Moved 168 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

ib-rah-HEEM/ʔibraːˈhiːm/

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Data Confidence

Evidence: ModerateCompleteness: SubstantialEditorial review: 2026-07-21

Confidence in the evidencebehind this name's data — never a rating of the name itself, and never affected by how well it matches your preferences. How this is assessed

Because: backed by officially or academically authoritative sources, recently verified, popularity data covers multiple regions.

Source authority

Averaged from the real per-claim source-authority assessments already computed for this name's meaning/origin/pronunciation/popularity evidence.

Independent corroboration

Averaged from the real per-claim supporting-source counts already computed for this name's evidence.

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Source agreement

No recorded source disagreement for this name's meanings or origins.

Recency

Calculated from how long ago this record was last verified (2026-07-21), against a 270-day staleness threshold.

Geographic relevance

Calculated from the number of geographies with official popularity data (6) — broader official coverage means the evidence base is relevant to more of where the name is actually used.

Completeness

Calculated from how many of the expected data sections (variants, similar names, popularity, notable usage, IPA pronunciation) are actually populated for this name.

Direct observation vs. inference

Averaged from the real per-claim direct-observation-vs-inference ratios already computed for this name's evidence.

Identity & variant resolution quality

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Name Characteristics

How these are calculated

Descriptive attributes of the name itself — not a confidence measurement, and not an overall quality score. Namewise doesn't approve or disapprove of names.

Pronunciation clarity

Editorial judgement of how consistently this name is pronounced correctly on first read, mapped from an easy/moderate/variable rating to a number. Describes the name — not a measure of evidence confidence.

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling: shorter names with fewer irregular letter clusters score higher. A disclosed formula, not an editorial opinion — and not a confidence measurement.

Recorded regional spread

Derived from how many geographies' official statistics record this name. It measures where the name is registered, not how well-known it feels to people living there.

International spread

Derived from the same official statistical coverage, scaled to reflect how widely the name crosses national datasets. Not a measure of how easily it is understood in another language.

Trend stability

Derived from the name's traditional/modern classification and its current popularity trend direction.

Overview

Origin: Arabic, via Hebrew Abraham
Meaning: The Arabic and Quranic form of the biblical name Abraham; carries the same traditional association with 'father of many' through its link to Abraham.
Pronunciation: ib-rah-HEEM
Syllables: 3
Common nicknames: None recorded
Classification: Traditional & modern
Gender usage: male
Language family: Arabic, via Hebrew Abraham

Popularity

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#234
1997	#207
1998	#189
1999	#175
2000	#168
2001	#155
2002	#148
2003	#138
2004	#135
2005	#128
2006	#111
2007	#106
2008	#106
2009	#110
2010	#111
2011	#114
2012	#107
2013	#89
2014	#91
2015	#96
2016	#96
2017	#94
2018	#103
2019	#94
2020	#98
2021	#102
2022	#100
2023	#83
2024	#77
2025	#70

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 76 of the 80 years from 1946 to 2025.

In 2025: #70 among boys in England and Wales, #83 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #132 among boys in Norway, #163 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1946–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #356 among boys in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #70 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Ibrahim appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 76 years beginning in 1946, and has registered 2,036 births with the name.

Ibrahim across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ibrahim's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#356 (1946)	#112 (2023)	#132 (2025)	76 of 80	2,036 (1946–2025)	59 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#339 (1993)	#163 (2025)	#163 (2025)	28 of 33	314 (1993–2025)	31 (2025)
England and Wales · Boys	#234 (1996)	#70 (2025)	#70 (2025)	30 of 30	14,846 (1996–2025)	731 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#278 (2024)	#278 (2024)	4 of 16	15 (2009–2024)	6 (2024)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#85 (2024)	#83 (2025)	#83 (2025)	2 of 2	198 (2024–2025)	100 (2025)

Ibrahim by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ibrahim in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	4	1 of 10	4
1950s	75	9 of 10	8
1960s	130	10 of 10	13
1970s	196	10 of 10	20
1980s	283	10 of 10	28
1990s	292	10 of 10	29
2000s	360	10 of 10	36
2010sbusiest	476	10 of 10	48
2020s	220	6 of 10	37

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 48 births a year.

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Ibrahim appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1946 and 2025, ranked in 76 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #70, first reached in 2025.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 731 births, registered in England and Wales in 2025.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1993, and 78 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Ibrahim was ranked #70 in England and Wales · Boys in 2025. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Samuel#66
Myles#67
Liam#68
Elias#69
Otis#71
Dylan#72
David#73
Finn#74

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Iben · #7, 38y
Ibraheem · #326, 30y
Ibrahima · #2160, 17y
Ibtisam · #1386, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Victor · #73, 80y
Diana · #66, 74y
Bryan · #64, 72y
Jill · #62, 71y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Kent · #70, 75y
Evy · #69, 80y
Gjermund · #71, 77y
Lina · #69, 72y

Ibrahim and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ibrahim without appearing here.

Ibrahim moved ahead of

Jon
In 2018 they stood at #616 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #285 and #764.
Geoffrey
In 2012 they stood at #616 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #383 and #711.
Glenn
In 2014 they stood at #616 and #401 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #294 and #615.
Edward
In 2021 they stood at #184 and #182 in Norway · Boys; by 2022 that had become #163 and #377.

Moved ahead of Ibrahim

Harrison
In 2005 they stood at #302 and #343 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #423 and #257.
Archie
In 2007 they stood at #326 and #473 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #386 and #252.
Tobias
In 1986 they stood at #213 and #228 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #272 and #165.
Kai
In 2000 they stood at #250 and #312 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #317 and #226.

Moved the opposite way to Ibrahim

Arild
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ibrahim went from #356 to #132 while Arild went from #27 to #489.
Arne
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ibrahim went from #356 to #132 while Arne went from #5 to #222.
Bjørn
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ibrahim went from #356 to #132 while Bjørn went from #3 to #56.
Dag
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ibrahim went from #356 to #132 while Dag went from #43 to #426.

Moved the same way as Ibrahim

Aksel
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ibrahim went from #356 to #132 and Aksel from #171 to #25.
Colin
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ibrahim went from #356 to #132 and Colin from #326 to #119.
Daniel
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ibrahim went from #356 to #132 and Daniel from #244 to #66.
David
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Ibrahim went from #356 to #132 and David from #165 to #88.

Meaning & Origin

The Arabic and Quranic form of the biblical name Abraham; carries the same traditional association with 'father of many' through its link to Abraham.

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Arabic, via Hebrew Abraham

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

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Where Ibrahim is officially recorded

6 official registrars have recorded Ibrahim, between 1946 and 2025, in 76 of those 80 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1946–2025	76	#112 in 2023
Republic of Ireland	1993–2025	28	#163 in 2025
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#70 in 2025
Northern Ireland	2009–2024	4	#278 in 2024
New South Wales, Australia	2024–2025	2	#83 in 2025
Scotland	2024	1	#141 in 2024

No registrar recorded it for 3 years after 1946; it appears again in 1950.

Variants

No spelling variants or nicknames recorded yet.

Similar Names

No similar names recorded yet for this name.

Similarity is a demonstration score — see methodology.

Spelling

Spelling simplicity

Calculated directly from the name's spelling — see Name Characteristics above.

No commonly used alternate spellings recorded.

Pronunciation

ib-rah-HEEM/ʔibraːˈhiːm/

Syllables: 3
Ease: easy

VerifiedSource: Behind the Name.Confidence: medium.

Where Ibrahim Is Recorded

National statistical agencies have recorded Ibrahim in these places. This shows where the name is used — not where it comes from, and not that it carries particular cultural significance there.

New South Wales, AustraliaEngland and WalesNorthern IrelandScotlandRepublic of IrelandNorway

Notable Usage

No safely-sourced notable usage recorded for this name yet.

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Ibrahim

Ibrahim at a glance

What stands out in Ibrahim's record

Overview

Popularity

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ibrahim across 5 official records

Ibrahim by decade in Norway · Boys

Ibrahim appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Ibrahim

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Ibrahim and the names beside it

Ibrahim moved ahead of

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Meaning & Origin

Where Ibrahim is officially recorded

Variants

Similar Names

Spelling

Pronunciation

Where Ibrahim Is Recorded

Notable Usage

Sibling & Surname Compatibility

Ibrahim at a glance

What stands out in Ibrahim's record

Ibrahim across 5 official records

Ibrahim by decade in Norway · Boys

Ibrahim appears in

What the record shows

Names published alongside Ibrahim

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Ibrahim and the names beside it

Ibrahim moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ibrahim

Moved the opposite way to Ibrahim

Moved the same way as Ibrahim