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
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 119 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,617since 1971
Abiel over time
Rank among boys' names. Abiel has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | #1,688 | 97 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,503 | 119 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,805 | 45 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,919 | 43 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,121 | 38 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,925 | 40 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,421 | 55 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,385 | 55 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #2,065 | 67 |
| 2016 | — | #2,167 | 63 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,019 | 71 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,492 | 50 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #2,065 | 65 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #2,380 | 53 |
| 2011 | — | #2,590 | 47 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,429 | 51 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,528 | 50 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #2,281 | 57 |
| 2006 | — | #2,398 | 51 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,158 | 31 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,280 | 28 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,022 | 30 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,640 | 22 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,103 | 26 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,851 | 28 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,670 | 26 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,096 | 10 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,971 | 14 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,959 | 11 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #5,587 | 5 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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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.
See more about Abiel
- 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)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2024 at #1,503 (119 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 35.7% of all boys named Abiel (577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 39 | #4,403 (1979) | #5,089 |
| 1980s | 81 | #3,882 (1986) | #4,908 |
| 1990s | 189 | #2,670 (1992) | #3,707 |
| 2000s | 349 | #2,281 (2007) | #3,167 |
| 2010s | 577 | #2,019 (2015) | #2,301 |
| 2020s | 382 | #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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 270,134 of them was named Abiel, which outranked 32.5% 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).
- #12,579Zykeira8
- #12,579Zymia8
- #12,579Zyrihanna8
- #13,832Abiel7
- #13,832Aahna7
- #13,832Aala7
- #13,832Aaleah7
- #15,405Aahliyah6
- #15,405Aalaiyah6
- #15,405Aamiya6
Tied with 1,572 names at #13,832; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 51,004 of them was named Abiel, which outranked 79.9% 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).
- #2,879Westen41
- #2,879Zyan41
- #2,879Zymir41
- #2,946Abiel40
- #2,946Abdallah40
- #2,946Adarsh40
- #2,946Adel40
- #3,005Alexandros39
- #3,005Armond39
- #3,005Aziel39
Tied with 58 names at #2,946; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.