Ab

#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births

Peak · boys
#836
1885 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
380
since 1880

Ab over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ab has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #836, 1885boys
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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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2025#12,0085
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2021#10,7996
2020#9,5547
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2013#9,6557
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2011#12,2875
2010#10,7666
2009#7,69210
2008#4,14524
2007#2,86841
2006#3,30632
2005#3,31930
2004#3,01433
2003#3,52825
2002#4,50217
2001#4,89015
2000#4,38917
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ab was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ab is popular in 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,794 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 31,771 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ab, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,794 · 1 in 31,771

Best ever in a state: #1,378 in California, 2004.

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See more about Ab
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,454 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #12,008)
  • 1,364 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #12,008)
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #836 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,967
  • Highest: 1 in 17,967 boys born in 1885 were named Ab (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 64.2% of all boys named Ab (244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s21#836 (1885)#902
1890s0——
1900s0——
1910s20#2,926 (1916)#3,400
1920s18#3,517 (1921)#3,912
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1940s11#3,173 (1946)#3,367
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1990s24#6,100 (1997)#6,807
2000s244#2,868 (2007)#4,165
2010s24#9,655 (2013)#10,838
2020s18#9,554 (2020)#10,787

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.

Ab in 2005

boys
#3,319
30 births · 1 in 66,577 boys

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #3,319Ab30
More about 2005

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 66,577 of them was named Ab, which outranked 75.2% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ab
  1. #3,241Yomar31
  2. #3,241Zyan31
  3. #3,241Zyion31
  4. #3,319Ab30
  5. #3,319Abdurrahman30
  6. #3,319Arav30
  7. #3,319Auden30
  8. #3,389Abdelrahman29
  9. #3,389Adain29
  10. #3,389Amador29

Tied with 69 names at #3,319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →