Abba

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to boys 85.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#7,194
2025 · 11 births
Debut · boys
1999
6 births
In top 100 · boys
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of 146 years
Total births · boys
91
since 1999

Abba over time

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#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #4,434, 1924girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#14,9425#7,19411
2024—#7,25711
2023#15,1945#12,2395
2022—#12,3305
2021—#9,7147
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First appearance
1999

The first year at least five boys were named Abba! It came in at #8,704, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2000, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Abba is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedMINew York: #1,561 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 22,747 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Abba, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,561 · 1 in 22,747

Best ever in a state: #1,408 in New York, 2013.

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New York#1,56151 in 22,747
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See more about Abba
Momentum · boys
Brand new
  • 63 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #7,194)
  • 4,892 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1999
  • Peaked 2025 at #7,194 (11 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 155,280
  • Highest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 were named Abba (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 44.0% of all boys named Abba (40) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s6#8,704 (1999)#8,704
2000s6#9,243 (2001)#9,243
2010s40#8,130 (2014)#10,219
2020s39#7,194 (2025)#9,747

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Abba in 1999

boys
#8,704
6 births · 1 in 320,025 boys

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #8,704Abba6
More about 1999

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 320,025 of them was named Abba, which outranked 25.1% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abba
  1. #7,874Zoren7
  2. #7,874Zuhayr7
  3. #7,874Zyshawn7
  4. #8,704Abba6
  5. #8,704Aaditya6
  6. #8,704Aaronjames6
  7. #8,704Abbey6
  8. #9,912Aadam5
  9. #9,912Aareon5
  10. #9,912Aaronjohn5

Tied with 1,207 names at #8,704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999 →