Abiel

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #1,688 for boys in 2025, 97 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,503
2024 · 119 births
Debut · boys
1971
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,617
since 1971

Abiel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Abiel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996boysat 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,68897
2024—#1,503119
2023—#2,80545
2022—#2,91943
2021—#3,12138
2020—#2,92540
2019—#2,42155
2018—#2,38555
2017#15,9025#2,06567
2016—#2,16763
2015—#2,01971
2014—#2,49250
2013#16,5475#2,06565
2012#14,9626#2,38053
2011—#2,59047
2010—#2,42951
2009—#2,52850
2008#13,8327#2,94640
2007#17,6365#2,28157
2006—#2,39851
2005—#3,94123
2004—#3,15831
2003—#3,28028
2002—#3,02230
2001—#4,47617
2000—#3,64022
1999—#3,10326
1998—#2,85128
1997—#3,35121
1996—#3,20222
1995—#4,50813
1994—#4,09415
1993—#4,22714
1992—#2,67026
1991—#5,09610
1990—#3,97114
1989—#5,1659
1988—#4,16211
1987—#3,95911
1986—#3,88211
1985—#5,1477
1984—#5,5616
1983—#6,2385
1982—#5,0037
1981—#5,4686
1980—#4,4958
1979—#4,4038
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1977—#5,8455
1976—#5,5875
1975—#4,7976
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1973—#5,1015
1972—#4,9865
1971—#4,9075
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Abiel! It came in at #4,907, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1971–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Abiel is popular in 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,414 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 25,975 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Abiel, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,414 · 1 in 25,975

Best ever in a state: #425 in Nebraska, 2024.

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See more about Abiel
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 185 spots since 2024 (#1,503 → #1,688)
  • 1,237 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #1,688)
  • 331 spots since 2015 (#2,019 → #1,688)
Rise & fade · boys
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2024 at #1,503 (119 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 14,478
  • Highest: 1 in 14,478 boys born in 2024 were named Abiel (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,609 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.7% of all boys named Abiel (577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s39#4,403 (1979)#5,089
1980s81#3,882 (1986)#4,908
1990s189#2,670 (1992)#3,707
2000s349#2,281 (2007)#3,167
2010s577#2,019 (2015)#2,301
2020s382#1,503 (2024)#2,494

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.

Abiel in 1996

boys
#3,202
22 births · 1 in 86,105 boys

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #3,202Abiel22
More about 1996

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 86,105 of them was named Abiel, which outranked 69.6% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abiel
  1. #3,107Yves23
  2. #3,107Zacharey23
  3. #3,107Zachari23
  4. #3,202Abiel22
  5. #3,202Abdulaziz22
  6. #3,202Alanmichael22
  7. #3,202Alon22
  8. #3,293Aaryn21
  9. #3,293Abdurrahman21
  10. #3,293Adison21

Tied with 90 names at #3,202; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →