Abel
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #231 for boys in 2025, 1,525 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 3,245 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 66,037since 1880
Abel over time
Rank among boys' names. Abel has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #231 | 1,525 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #220 | 1,635 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #220 | 1,658 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #215 | 1,769 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #195 | 1,956 |
| 2020 | — | #181 | 2,131 | |
| 2019 | — | #158 | 2,469 | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #146 | 2,682 |
| 2017 | — | #145 | 2,714 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #137 | 3,045 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | #124 | 3,245 |
| 2014 | — | #164 | 2,573 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #180 | 2,238 |
| 2012 | — | #192 | 1,952 | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #238 | 1,508 |
| 2010 | — | #293 | 1,128 | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #330 | 964 |
| 2008 | — | #361 | 864 | |
| 2007 | — | #343 | 940 | |
| 2006 | — | #338 | 924 | |
| 2005 | — | #347 | 855 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #356 | 791 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #360 | 755 |
| 2002 | — | #353 | 775 | |
| 2001 | — | #362 | 733 | |
| 2000 | — | #352 | 763 | |
| 1999 | — | #367 | 711 | |
| 1998 | — | #378 | 668 | |
| 1997 | — | #352 | 718 | |
| 1996 | — | #387 | 606 | |
| 1995 | — | #340 | 717 | |
| 1994 | — | #399 | 584 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #377 | 620 |
| 1992 | — | #370 | 631 | |
| 1991 | — | #370 | 623 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #382 | 606 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #400 | 541 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #384 | 514 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #407 | 458 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #381 | 482 |
| 1985 | — | #387 | 462 | |
| 1984 | — | #400 | 426 | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #391 | 426 |
| 1982 | — | #371 | 468 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #365 | 479 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #366 | 474 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #389 | 428 |
| 1978 | — | #400 | 371 | |
| 1977 | — | #424 | 347 | |
| 1976 | — | #390 | 395 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #396 | 382 |
| 1974 | — | #435 | 330 | |
| 1973 | — | #412 | 361 | |
| 1972 | — | #443 | 321 | |
| 1971 | — | #465 | 310 | |
| 1970 | — | #480 | 283 | |
| 1969 | — | #458 | 277 | |
| 1968 | — | #465 | 267 | |
| 1967 | — | #475 | 251 | |
| 1966 | — | #480 | 256 | |
| 1965 | — | #462 | 283 | |
| 1964 | — | #478 | 273 | |
| 1963 | — | #484 | 272 | |
| 1962 | — | #494 | 258 | |
| 1961 | — | #477 | 281 | |
| 1960 | — | #505 | 247 | |
| 1959 | — | #524 | 226 | |
| 1958 | — | #500 | 241 | |
| 1957 | — | #504 | 236 | |
| 1956 | — | #515 | 215 | |
| 1955 | — | #504 | 215 | |
| 1954 | — | #484 | 223 | |
| 1953 | — | #473 | 217 | |
| 1952 | — | #549 | 162 | |
| 1951 | — | #500 | 183 | |
| 1950 | — | #514 | 170 | |
| 1949 | — | #525 | 161 | |
| 1948 | — | #540 | 151 | |
| 1947 | — | #558 | 146 | |
| 1946 | — | #592 | 117 | |
| 1945 | — | #567 | 113 | |
| 1944 | — | #559 | 118 | |
| 1943 | — | #668 | 92 | |
| 1942 | — | #615 | 105 | |
| 1941 | — | #535 | 121 | |
| 1940 | — | #589 | 101 | |
| 1939 | — | #594 | 95 | |
| 1938 | — | #640 | 87 | |
| 1937 | — | #609 | 91 | |
| 1936 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1935 | — | #605 | 92 | |
| 1934 | — | #615 | 93 | |
| 1933 | — | #591 | 96 | |
| 1932 | — | #607 | 95 | |
| 1931 | — | #616 | 93 | |
| 1930 | — | #540 | 122 | |
| 1929 | — | #620 | 96 | |
| 1928 | — | #685 | 85 | |
| 1927 | — | #733 | 79 | |
| 1926 | — | #622 | 101 | |
| 1925 | — | #710 | 83 | |
| 1924 | — | #608 | 110 | |
| 1923 | — | #769 | 73 | |
| 1922 | — | #678 | 91 | |
| 1921 | — | #715 | 84 | |
| 1920 | — | #732 | 79 | |
| 1919 | — | #638 | 91 | |
| 1918 | — | #733 | 76 | |
| 1917 | — | #640 | 86 | |
| 1916 | — | #781 | 62 | |
| 1915 | — | #750 | 64 | |
| 1914 | — | #734 | 51 | |
| 1913 | — | #641 | 48 | |
| 1912 | — | #668 | 40 | |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,091 | 6 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #595 | 14 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #649 | 15 | |
| 1899 | — | #502 | 15 | |
| 1898 | — | #701 | 10 | |
| 1897 | — | #615 | 12 | |
| 1896 | — | #534 | 15 | |
| 1895 | — | #978 | 6 | |
| 1894 | — | #521 | 15 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #511 | 14 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #755 | 8 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #504 | 14 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #611 | 10 | |
| 1881 | — | #503 | 12 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Abel was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Abel
- 11 spots since 2024 (#220 → #231)
- 50 spots since 2020 (#181 → #231)
- 107 spots since 2015 (#124 → #231)
- Biggest jump: 444 spots in 1896 (#978 → #534)
- Biggest drop: 457 spots in 1895 (#521 → #978)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2015 at #124 (3,245 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1906–2025
- Highest: 1 in 591 boys born in 2015 were named Abel (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,120 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 35.7% of all boys named Abel (23,554) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | #451 (1886) | #604 |
| 1890s | 118 | #502 (1899) | #629 |
| 1900s | 121 | #559 (1901) | #732 |
| 1910s | 559 | #548 (1911) | #711 |
| 1920s | 881 | #608 (1924) | #687 |
| 1930s | 939 | #540 (1930) | #610 |
| 1940s | 1,225 | #525 (1949) | #575 |
| 1950s | 2,088 | #473 (1953) | #507 |
| 1960s | 2,665 | #458 (1969) | #478 |
| 1970s | 3,528 | #389 (1979) | #423 |
| 1980s | 4,730 | #365 (1981) | #385 |
| 1990s | 6,484 | #340 (1995) | #372 |
| 2000s | 8,364 | #330 (2009) | #350 |
| 2010s | 23,554 | #124 (2015) | #178 |
| 2020s | 10,674 | #181 (2020) | #210 |
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.
Abel in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 278,010 of them was named Abel, which outranked 25.3% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,128Zenovia7
- #8,128Zephyr7
- #8,128Zora7
- #9,110Abel6
- #9,110Aaisha6
- #9,110Abbra6
- #9,110Abelina6
- #10,411Abegail5
- #10,411Abigal5
- #10,411Abiola5
Tied with 1,300 names at #9,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 3,739 of them was named Abel, which outranked 95.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.