Abie

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #10,451 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 91.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1889 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
733
since 1889

Abie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #4,809, 1918peak #974, 1889girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#7,25711
2023#6,22014
2022#8,3009
2021#7,58710
2020#7,03411
2019#5,81315
2018#9,6707
2017
2016#9,6647
2015#9,5687
2014#10,7176
2013
2012#10,7706
2011
2010#10,45110#12,2315
2009#13,7047#10,9946
2008#15,4056#7,69810
2007#15,4916#9,7887
2006#12,4208#5,78114
2005#16,4625#7,6409
2004#16,0995#6,97610
2003#7,8318
2002
2001#9,2436
2000#5,04014
1999
1998
1997#13,7245
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992#6,6707
1991
1990
1989#12,3625
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985#6,5235
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976#4,4187
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970#3,5218
1969
1968
1967
1966#3,9485
1965#2,9828
1964#4,0395
1963#4,0485
1962#2,36412
1961
1960
1959#2,8219
1958#3,5596
1957#3,0248
1956#3,5356
1955#3,5056
1954
1953#2,7099
1952#3,3736
1951#3,3646
1950
1949#2,33711
1948#3,6685
1947#2,35611
1946#3,1736
1945#2,3939
1944#2,8627
1943#2,7328
1942#2,9407
1941#2,8727
1940#2,4789
1939#2,8297
1938#1,81815
1937#2,4799
1936#1,72316
1935#2,7198
1934#2,5639
1933#1,82915
1932#3,0927
1931#2,8648
1930#2,07914
1929#2,09614
1928#2,8439
1927#2,52311
1926#2,9049
1925#2,58811
1924#2,34713
1923#1,94117
1922#2,14315
1921#2,15215
1920#2,05216
1919#4,8145#2,38512
1918#4,8095#2,8829
1917#2,28012
1916#2,15213
1915#2,8298
1914#2,4578
1913#2,2737
1912#2,2696
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,2335
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Abie! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Abie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 422 spots since 2024 (#7,257#7,679)
  • 645 spots since 2020 (#7,034#7,679)
  • 1,889 spots since 2015 (#9,568#7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1889 at #974 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,116
  • Highest: 1 in 22,116 boys born in 1889 were named Abie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 17.7% of all boys named Abie (130) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2012
  • Mostly girls until 2011, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#974 (1889)#974
1890s5#1,057 (1897)#1,057
1900s5#1,233 (1905)#1,233
1910s75#2,152 (1916)#2,441
1920s130#1,941 (1923)#2,359
1930s108#1,723 (1936)#2,400
1940s80#2,337 (1949)#2,781
1950s56#2,709 (1953)#3,236
1960s35#2,364 (1962)#3,476
1970s15#3,521 (1970)#3,970
1980s10#6,523 (1985)#6,622
1990s7#6,670 (1992)#6,670
2000s84#5,040 (2000)#7,888
2010s53#5,813 (2019)#9,776
2020s65#6,220 (2023)#7,346

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.

Abie in 1943

boys
#2,732
8 births · 1 in 178,412 boys

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #2,732Abie8
More about 1943

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 178,412 of them was named Abie, which outranked 32.4% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abie
  1. #2,563Wilhelm9
  2. #2,563Yvonne9
  3. #2,563Zebedee9
  4. #2,732Abie8
  5. #2,732Acey8
  6. #2,732Achille8
  7. #2,732Add8
  8. #2,964Aime7
  9. #2,964Alf7
  10. #2,964Aloys7

Tied with 231 names at #2,732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 514Derek#1,228#714
  2. 465Armond#1,421#956
  3. 368Les#1,214#846
  4. 347Aron#1,244#897
  5. 321Edsel#1,167#846
Fallers
  1. 500Humberto#780#1,280
  2. 352Chauncey#928#1,280
  3. 352Clearence#991#1,343
  4. 344Macarthur#512#856
  5. 325Reyes#933#1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943