Ibrahim
Ibrahim is the Arabic name of Abraham, the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is a common male first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a derivative of the name Abraham or Avram in Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East. It likely indicates a Jewish origin when it is used a surname.
- Arabic
- Malay
- Indonesian
- Pashto
Meaning & Origin of Ibrahim
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ibrahim is the Arabic name of Abraham, the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It is a common male first name and surname among Muslims and Arab Christians, a derivative of the name Abraham or Avram in Judaism and Christianity in the Middle East. It likely indicates a Jewish origin when it is used a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Malay
- Indonesian
- Pashto
- Urdu
- Uyghur
- Avar
- Bosnian
- Albanian
- Dhivehi
- Hausa
- Swahili
- Quranic
- Kurdish
- Turkish
- Azerbaijani
- Kazakh
- Tatar
- Bashkir
The Story of Ibrahim
Ibrahim first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1954, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 943 Ibrahims were born — ranking #355 that year. As of 2026, Ibrahim ranks #355 for baby boys with 943 births, gradually rising (+15%). In total, more than 19K Ibrahims have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Ibrahim
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ibrahim. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ibrahim
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About the name Ibrahim
Ibrahim is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Ibrahim's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #355. Use the chart and map above to compare Ibrahim's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.