Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Yoram 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 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yoram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 405 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.
Yoram’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yoram
- Yoram GlobusIsraeli-American film producer (born 1941)
- Yoram ZagueFrench association football playerborn 2006
- Yoram KaniukIsraeli writer and painter (1930-2013)
- Yoram GrossPolish-Australian animation producer and director (1926–2015)
- Yoram Cohen12th Shin Bet chiefborn 1960
- Yoram HazonyIsraeli philosopherborn 1964
- Yoram MarcianoIsraeli politicianborn 1964
- Yoram AridorIsraeli diplomatborn 1933
- Yoram DinsteinIsraeli legal scholar1936–2024
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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