Aram

Aram: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“high, exalted”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
AIR-um · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (98% of all uses)

Aram is a biblical Hebrew name borne by a grandson of Noah and also the ancient Aramean region. It is also long used as an Armenian masculine name, though with separate cultural history.

How popular is Aram?

202433.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aram in 2024111

2024 rank#1,617 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,274

Aram is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Aram

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Aram questions

What does the name Aram mean?

Aram means "high, exalted". It comes from Hebrew. Aram is a biblical Hebrew name borne by a grandson of Noah and also the ancient Aramean region. It is also long used as an Armenian masculine name, though with separate cultural history.

Is Aram a boy or girl name?

Aram is mainly a boy's name in US records (98% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aram?

111 US babies were named Aram in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Aram?

Aram is usually pronounced AIR-um.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.