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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 345,292 of them was named Abiel, which outranked 13.8% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #14,124Zyleigh6
- #14,124Zyllah6
- #14,124Zyona6
- #15,902Abiel5
- #15,902Aadilynn5
- #15,902Aafiyah5
- #15,902Aaheli5
Tied with 2,546 names at #15,902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 27,626 of them was named Abiel, which outranked 85.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,049Mckinley68
- #2,049Tamim68
- #2,049Yadier68
- #2,065Abiel67
- #2,065Aharon67
- #2,065Azlan67
- #2,065Brant67
- #2,091Abbas66
- #2,091Arlen66
- #2,091Benji66
Tied with 25 names at #2,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.