Joram

#8,557 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Yehoram

Joram has been given to 289 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #8,557 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Joram, 2025

1 in 368,000

Joram over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Joram: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Yehoram

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Joram means

Joram is a form of Yehoram.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Yehoram.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 289 boys were recorded with the name Joram between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2000; its best national rank was #4,800 in 1982.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,993 in 2020 to #8,557 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,038 in 2015 to #8,557 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Joram?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 368,000; 9 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 190,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #8,557; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 255,323 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Joram sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Joram. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jorams were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Joram was born before 2009 — so the typical Joram is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 30.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 289; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (89).

Is Joram rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −538; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +4,436; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,481; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.29×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 64.3%; Peak was 2000 (14)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,800; 1982

Spellings of Joram

Joram is not the most common spelling — Jordan is, with 50.4% against Joram's 0.04%.

Jordan50.4%401,196
Jorge17.5%139,476
Jonah10.7%85,283
Jonas3.6%28,560
Abram2.5%20,244
Johan1.8%14,653
Hiram1.8%14,456
Jovan1.3%9,984

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Joram around the world

Where Joram ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2011
#4,647
in 2011
France
1989–2025
#3,506
in 2025
South Australia
1995–1995
#533
in 1995

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Joram by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,557
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 4,436
Best rank ever: #4,800; 1982
Peak year: 2000; 14 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 289
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Joram

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jorah Joren Joriel Jori Airam Jorel Jorey Joran Param Amram Jordani Jordany Jorawar Jorian Avram Jordi Jorell Jorgen Joron Jorje Jordie Jorma Sriram Joris

Sibling names for Joram

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Madisen Destiney Lesli Gabriel Sydnie Shakira Reanna Alysa

For a brother

Garret Samual Donavon Shamar Coty Brandan Zakary Aaden

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