Ibrahima
Ibrahima is a male given name, a form of Ibrahim common in parts of Western Africa. Notable people with the name include:Ibrahima Aya, Malian writer Ibrahima Maiga, Burkinabe, activist and journalist. Ibrahima Bakayoko, Ivorian footballer Ibrahima Bangoura, Guinean footballer Ibrahima Camara, Guinean footballer Ibrahima Baldé, Senegalese footballer Ibrahima Faye, Senegalese footballer Ibrahima…
- Western African
Meaning & Origin of Ibrahima
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ibrahima is a male given name, a form of Ibrahim common in parts of Western Africa. Notable people with the name include:Ibrahima Aya, Malian writer Ibrahima Maiga, Burkinabe, activist and journalist. Ibrahima Bakayoko, Ivorian footballer Ibrahima Bangoura, Guinean footballer Ibrahima Camara, Guinean footballer Ibrahima Baldé, Senegalese footballer Ibrahima Faye, Senegalese footballer Ibrahima…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Western African
The Story of Ibrahima
American parents first put Ibrahima on the record books as a baby boy name in 1992, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 53 Ibrahimas were born — ranking #2,046 that year. About 35% of every Ibrahima on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ibrahima ranks #2,825 for baby boys with 45 births, rising sharply (+31% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ibrahima
Ibrahima is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Ibrahima's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #2,046. Use the chart and map above to compare Ibrahima'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 .
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