Avram
Masculine · “exalted father”
Avram is the earlier of the two forms in Genesis — the name Abraham has before God changes it, and the more transparent of the two.
How old is the name Avram?
Avram first appears in US birth records in 1950 — 75 years ago. The typical Avram alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 900 people named Avram are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Avram most popular?
Avram peaked in 1971, reaching #2203 nationally. Today it ranks #4539, 2,336 places below that high. See the whole 1971 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Avram
Ours, offered as ours. The renaming is worth stating precisely: Avram means exalted father and is perfectly clear Hebrew; Avraham, the name God gives him, is glossed as father of a multitude but does not straightforwardly say that. So the covenant name is less transparent than the original. Whether the text preserves an older non-Hebrew form or is simply making a point about a change of destiny is argued, and Avram is the form that still makes sense.
Meaning
exalted father
From Hebrew av, father, and ram, exalted or high; Avram is straightforwardly readable, which the later Avraham is not. The renaming in Genesis 17 changes a clear compound into an obscure one.
Pronouncing Avram
AV-rahm
Two syllables, first stressed. Hebrew stresses the last, av-RAHM.
Nicknames for Avram
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1950
- Most boys named
- 201530 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2203reached in 1971
- Change vs 2024
- +120.0%22 in 2025, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Avram in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Avram in Hebrew — same name
- Avram in Romanian — same name
- Abram in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Avrams among us
people named Avram are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 77,640 born in 2025 was named Avram
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nathanel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Avram's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nathanel climbed just as high around 1929, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nathanel's path sketches the road Avram is walking now.
Avram sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Avram beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Avram in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is unusually transparent for a biblical name.
- Avi and Abe are both ready short forms in two languages.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Abraham is far more common and will be assumed.
- The stress differs between the Hebrew and American readings.
- Avram, Abram and Avraham are all in use and mark different traditions.
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Masculine · #4539 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Avrams are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Avram are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Avram in 2025?
- Avram ranks #4539 among US boy names in 2025, with 22 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Avram?
- About 1 in every 77,640 US boys born in 2025 was named Avram — 22 in all.
- Will my child share the name Avram with classmates?
- Avram will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Avram
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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