Ebrahim is a distinctive choice, ranked #2444 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Ebrahim in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2444
About the Name Ebrahim
Ebrahim has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 1013 places in five years. It was most popular in 1996 at #853 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Ebrahim is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ebrahim
Unlikely. With around 9 UK babies named Ebrahim per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ebrahim in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ebrahim has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 1013 places in the last five years. Its peak was #853 in 1996. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Ebrahim is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Ebrahim include: Armaan Ebrahim — Armaan Ebrahim is an Indian car racer from Chennai.; Ebrahim Peiravi — Ebrahim Peiravi is a retired Iranian middleweight weightlifter.; Vinette Ebrahim — Vinette Ebrahim is a South African actress and playwright known for her role as Charmaine Meintjies in the SABC 2 soap opera 7de Laan..
Ebrahim does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Ebrahims in the wild.
9
UK babies named Ebrahim (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
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Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ebrahim
Likely around 1 other Ebrahim in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ebrahim
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ebrahim Peiravi is a retired Iranian middleweight weightlifter. He won silver medals at the 1958 Asian Games, He also participated at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Vinette Ebrahim is a South African actress and playwright known for her role as Charmaine Meintjies in the SABC 2 soap opera 7de Laan. She is the sister of actor Vincent Ebrahim.
Vincent Ebrahim is a South African actor and comedian. He is known for portraying the roles of Ashwin in the BBC later Sky One comedy series The Kumars at No.
Ebrahim Hussein is a Tanzanian playwright and poet. His first play, Kinjeketile, written in Swahili, and based on the life of Kinjikitile Ngwale, a leader of the Maji Maji Rebellion, is considered "a landmark of Tanzanian theatre".
Ebrahim Raisolsadati, better known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. A protégé of supreme leader Ali Khamenei and a Principlist, Raisi was the second and most recent Iranian president to die in office after Mohammad-Ali Rajai.
Ebrahim Alkazi was a Saudi Indian theatre director and drama teacher. A rigid disciplinarian, he instilled in his acting students an awe and reverence that they still carry with them, with several of them having had the privilege of continuing the practice and training in the NSD Repertory Company, an introduction made to the National School of Drama by Alkazi.