Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Ibrahima isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ibrahima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,098
- 1,098 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 44
- #2,855 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,855 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 53 in 2002. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (24). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,793 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ibrahima’s family of names
In Wolof usage, Ibrahima has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 亞伯拉罕.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ibrahima
- Ibrahima KonatéFrench footballer (born 1999)
- Ibrahima TraoréGuinean and French footballerborn 1988
- Ibrahima Kassory FofanaPrime Minister of Guinea (2018–2021)born 1954
- Ibrahima MbayeSenegalese association football playerborn 1994
- Ibrahima BaldéSenegalese footballerborn 1989
- Ibrahima BakayokoIvorian and French footballerborn 1976
- Ibrahima ContéGuinean-Belgian footballerborn 1991
- Ibrahima TouréSenegalese footballerborn 1985
- Ibrahima Nianeassociation football playerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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