Ibraheem
Masculine · “father of a multitude”
Ibrahim is Abraham in Arabic — father of a multitude — and the Kaaba's tradition makes him its builder.
How old is the name Ibraheem?
Ibraheem first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Ibraheem alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 1,600 people named Ibraheem are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ibraheem most popular?
Ibraheem peaked in 2015, reaching #1910 nationally. Today it ranks #2480, 570 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Av-hamon to Ibraheem
The story of Ibraheem
Genesis explains the renaming in the verse — a father of many nations — and the Qur'an names Ibrahim more often than almost any other prophet, crediting him and Ismail with raising the foundations of the Kaaba. Ibraheem is one of several spellings and is in current American use.
Meaning
father of a multitude
Through Ibrahim, from the Hebrew Av-hamon, 'father of a multitude', which Genesis supplies as the reason for the renaming from Abram. The Qur'an names Ibrahim in twenty-five suras. The Hebrew etymology is given in the text itself.
How the name formed
- Av-hamon
- Abraham
- Ibrahim
- Ibraheem
Related forms: إبراهيم · Ibrahim · Abraham
Pronouncing Ibraheem
ib-rah-HEEM
Three syllables, stress on the third. Arabic gives the h a fuller breath.
Nicknames for Ibraheem
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
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 201576 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1910reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- +3.8%54 in 2025, from 52
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.
Ibraheem in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- إبراهيم in Arabic — transliteration
- Ibrahim in English — spelling variant
- Abraham in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Texas, California.
Ibraheems among us
people named Ibraheem are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 31,631 born in 2025 was named Ibraheem
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 Vinnie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ibraheem's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Vinnie climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Vinnie's path sketches the road Ibraheem is walking now.
Ibraheem 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
Where Ibraheem is headed
Ibraheem should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ibraheem beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ibraheem in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Genesis supplies the etymology in the verse is a first-rate fact.
- A figure central to three religions carries it.
- Ibra is available as a warm short form.
- Ibrahim is the commoner transliteration.
- Abraham is what English speakers will recognize.
- Three syllables make it moderately long for everyday use.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ibraheems are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Ibraheem are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ibraheem in 2025?
- Ibraheem ranks #2480 among US boy names in 2025, with 54 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ibraheem?
- About 1 in every 31,631 US boys born in 2025 was named Ibraheem — 54 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ibraheem with classmates?
- Ibraheem will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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