Abe

#2,207 for boys in 2025, 64 births

Peak · boys
#215
1898 · 67 births
Debut · boys
1880
50 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,694
since 1880

Abe over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Abe has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #215, 1898boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,20764
2024#2,41857
2023#2,34659
2022#2,37959
2021#2,19364
2020#2,43753
2019#1,84981
2018#1,85681
2017#1,93574
2016#2,20761
2015#1,84680
2014#2,23060
2013#2,11363
2012#2,51749
2011#2,43751
2010#2,32455
2009#2,28757
2008#2,54249
2007#2,44252
2006#2,65944
2005#2,65341
2004#2,78837
2003#2,00657
2002#2,33744
2001#2,34642
2000#2,86431
1999#3,37623
1998#2,78229
1997#2,82327
1996#2,67928
1995#3,30320
1994#3,46919
1993#3,50118
1992#3,60417
1991#2,82823
1990#2,62825
1989#2,69023
1988#2,36725
1987#2,11528
1986#2,51021
1985#2,07127
1984#2,52919
1983#1,95527
1982#1,70034
1981#1,69534
1980#1,61936
1979#2,10424
1978#1,96525
1977#1,39043
1976#1,50236
1975#1,37840
1974#1,40937
1973#1,35438
1972#1,45334
1971#1,30941
1970#1,43534
1969#1,44031
1968#1,33933
1967#1,57324
1966#1,29934
1965#1,27136
1964#1,16144
1963#1,12147
1962#1,06951
1961#96763
1960#98160
1959#95065
1958#95663
1957#92866
1956#1,04552
1955#97160
1954#97358
1953#95057
1952#1,02749
1951#1,07045
1950#1,03746
1949#87262
1948#97251
1947#93856
1946#91153
1945#81758
1944#82458
1943#89755
1942#81263
1941#76266
1940#85854
1939#81156
1938#83455
1937#77163
1936#71071
1935#80359
1934#69776
1933#74567
1932#66883
1931#67778
1930#67286
1929#82662
1928#66988
1927#516140
1926#520135
1925#577116
1924#465174
1923#468173
1922#466176
1921#402231
1920#408207
1919#349264
1918#366256
1917#324280
1916#329260
1915#311272
1914#301225
1913#271202
1912#266172
1911#26794
1910#28274
1909#27567
1908#28757
1907#26065
1906#28150
1905#24165
1904#26452
1903#23958
1902#25254
1901#24948
1900#27456
1899#27639
1898#21567
1897#22258
1896#25451
1895#24254
1894#24050
1893#26643
1892#24453
1891#25140
1890#23749
1889#26639
1888#26046
1887#26837
1886#23550
1885#24147
1884#25645
1883#24543
1882#23550
1881#26236
1880#23450
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Abe was already there! It came in at #234, and was given to 50 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1988–1995, when fewer than 26 boys a year got the name.

See more about Abe
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 211 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,207)
  • 230 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #2,207)
  • 361 spots since 2015 (#1,846 → #2,207)
  • Biggest jump: 154 spots in 1930 (#826 → #672)
  • Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1950 (#872 → #1,037)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1898 at #215 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 69 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1949
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,831
  • Highest: 1 in 1,831 boys born in 1898 were named Abe (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,689 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 21.7% of all boys named Abe (2,099) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s443#234 (1880)#250
1890s504#215 (1898)#245
1900s572#239 (1903)#262
1910s2,099#266 (1912)#307
1920s1,502#402 (1921)#532
1930s694#668 (1932)#739
1940s576#762 (1941)#866
1950s561#928 (1957)#991
1960s423#967 (1961)#1,222
1970s352#1,309 (1971)#1,530
1980s274#1,619 (1980)#2,125
1990s229#2,628 (1990)#3,099
2000s454#2,006 (2003)#2,492
2010s655#1,846 (2015)#2,131
2020s356#2,193 (2021)#2,330

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.

Abe in 1924

boys
#465
174 births · 1 in 6,510 boys

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #465Abe174
More about 1924

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 6,510 of them was named Abe, which outranked 90.6% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abe
  1. #460Jefferson177
  2. #460Ulysses177
  3. #464Orlando175
  4. #465Abe174
  5. #465Bud174
  6. #465Davis174
  7. #465Frederic174
  8. #470Gail172
  9. #470Houston172
  10. #472Foster171

Tied with 4 names at #465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →