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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #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.

Show data table
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 2008

girls
#15,405
6 births · 1 in 315,156 girls
boys
#7,698
10 births · 1 in 204,015 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #15,405Abie6

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #7,698Abie10
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 315,156 of them was named Abie, which outranked 24.8% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abie
  1. #13,832Zymeria7
  2. #13,832Zyniyah7
  3. #13,832Zyonah7
  4. #15,405Abie6
  5. #15,405Aahliyah6
  6. #15,405Aalaiyah6
  7. #15,405Aamiya6
  8. #17,504Aabriella5
  9. #17,504Aalaya5
  10. #17,504Aalayna5

Tied with 2,098 names at #15,405; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 9,375Dayami#10,129#754
  2. 4,524Allisson#4,944#420
  3. 1,019Alisson#1,804#785
  4. 851Milagros#1,579#728
  5. 807Mareli#1,530#723
Fallers
  1. 391Kelis#968#1,359
  2. 390Joselin#755#1,145
  3. 378Tyra#947#1,325
  4. 363Montana#932#1,295
  5. 337Allyssa#988#1,325

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

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 204,015 of them was named Abie, which outranked 47.4% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abie
  1. #7,187Zubair11
  2. #7,187Zyhir11
  3. #7,187Zyquez11
  4. #7,698Abie10
  5. #7,698Abelino10
  6. #7,698Abenezer10
  7. #7,698Abid10
  8. #8,324Aahan9
  9. #8,324Aamari9
  10. #8,324Aayaan9

Tied with 625 names at #7,698; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 2,801Urijah#3,687#886
  2. 1,035Jadiel#1,912#877
  3. 790Aaden#1,132#342
  4. 676Chace#1,337#661
  5. 500Marley#1,263#763
Fallers
  1. 688Kelan#977#1,665
  2. 286Talen#990#1,276
  3. 281Nery#901#1,182
  4. 250Kellan#883#1,133
  5. 250Efren#977#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 2008