Abraham

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Abraham: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Abraham: Recorded since 1952, it reached #313 in 2002, and it stood at #485 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
101times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#313highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#464
1997	#455
1998	#470
1999	#481
2000	#381
2001	#406
2002	#463
2003	#473
2004	#374
2005	#477
2006	#523
2007	#543
2008	#523
2009	#481
2010	#513
2011	#546
2012	#592
2013	#555
2014	#475
2015	#470
2016	#493
2017	#454
2018	#504
2019	#512
2020	#456
2021	#477
2022	#485
2023	#602
2024	#602

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 48 of the 74 years from 1952 to 2025.

In 2024: #419 among boys in Norway, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #602 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #379 among boys in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1974–2024
Highest recorded position: #313 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 1974–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #485 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Abraham appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 303 births with the name.

Abraham across 4 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.

Abraham'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	#379 (1952)	#322 (1985)	#485 (2025)	48 of 74	303 (1952–2025)	14 (1985)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1974)	#313 (2002)	#520 (2024)	21 of 51	99 (1974–2024)	7 (2004)
England and Wales · Boys	#464 (1996)	#374 (2004)	#602 (2024)	29 of 29	1,896 (1996–2024)	91 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#398 (2013)	#398 (2013)	#416 (2018)	2 of 6	6 (2013–2018)	3 (2013)

Abraham 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 Abraham in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	9	2 of 10	5
1960s	28	5 of 10	6
1970s	25	5 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	88	10 of 10	9
1990s	62	9 of 10	7
2000s	38	7 of 10	5
2010s	37	7 of 10	5
2020s	16	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Abraham appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #313 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Abraham's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#602	63	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#602	60	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#485	82	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#477	84	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#456	86	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#512	76	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#504	77	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#454	91	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#493	82	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#470	86	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#475	83	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#555	65	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#592	59	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#546	64	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#513	69	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#481	74	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#523	65	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#543	57	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#523	57	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#477	58	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#374	77	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#473	51	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#463	47	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#406	56	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#381	60	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#481	42	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#470	42	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#455	43	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#464	40	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#485	4	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#419	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#400	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#421	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#412	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#472	5	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#479	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#515	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#450	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#474	6	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#536	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#435	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#387	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#539	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#520	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#486	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#451	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#551	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#429	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#566	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#341	11	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#575	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#526	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#383	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#389	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#419	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#465	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#421	9	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#447	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#322	14	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#430	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#341	13	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#520	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#527	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#526	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#515	6	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#582	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#548	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#503	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#555	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#547	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#483	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#448	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#381	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#370	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#410	5	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#379	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 59 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #313, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 91 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1974, and 72 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.

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.

Abisola · #606, 20y
Abner · #785, 13y
Abram · #432, 18y
Abrar · #1235, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Jana · #262, 58y
Adriana · #226, 60y
Solomon · #216, 57y
Amal · #208, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Thu · #313, 31y
Karim · #314, 59y
Torkil · #314, 48y
Zoran · #312, 39y

Abraham was ranked #313 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. 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.

Abraham 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Abraham without appearing here.

Abraham moved ahead of

Derek Compare
In 1996 they stood at #464 and #464 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #455 and #809.
Jon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #543 and #492 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #523 and #789.
Andreas Compare
In 2023 they stood at #556 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #520 and #785.
Taylor Compare
In 2023 they stood at #556 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #520 and #785.

Moved ahead of Abraham

Jackson Compare
In 2009 they stood at #472 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Adrian Compare
In 1974 they stood at #503 and #575 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #548 and #228.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #455 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #470 and #182.
Beau Compare
In 2011 they stood at #490 and #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #718 and #457.

Moved the opposite way to Abraham

Aaron Compare
Between 1974 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Abraham went from #321 to #520 while Aaron went from #152 to #79.
Adam Compare
Between 1974 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Abraham went from #321 to #520 while Adam went from #148 to #25.
Alex Compare
Between 1974 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Abraham went from #321 to #520 while Alex went from #321 to #36.
Alexander Compare
Between 1974 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Abraham went from #321 to #520 while Alexander went from #127 to #44.

Moved the same way as Abraham

Frode Compare
Between 1952 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Abraham went from #379 to #536 and Frode from #86 to #551.
Raymond Compare
Between 1952 and 2008 in Norway · Boys, Abraham went from #379 to #536 and Raymond from #244 to #487.
Ronny Compare
Between 1952 and 2004 in Norway · Boys, Abraham went from #379 to #539 and Ronny from #254 to #580.
Adrian Compare
Between 1974 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Abraham went from #321 to #520 and Adrian from #46 to #200.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #313 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abraham

Abraham at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abraham across 4 official records

Abraham by decade in Norway · Boys

Abraham appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Abraham

Abraham and the names beside it

Abraham moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abraham

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Abraham at a glance

Abraham across 4 official records

Abraham by decade in Norway · Boys

Abraham appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Abraham

Abraham and the names beside it

Abraham moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abraham

Moved the opposite way to Abraham

Moved the same way as Abraham