Abdiel
- #607 for boys in 2025, 466 births
- Peak · boys
- 2019 · 568 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,715since 1976
Abdiel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Abdiel has never cracked the top 500 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #607 | 466 |
| 2024 | #677 | 403 |
| 2023 | #699 | 380 |
| 2022 | #787 | 321 |
| 2021 | #643 | 430 |
| 2020 | #520 | 552 |
| 2019 | #504 | 568 |
| 2018 | #610 | 440 |
| 2017 | #675 | 376 |
| 2016 | #741 | 329 |
| 2015 | #873 | 254 |
| 2014 | #859 | 257 |
| 2013 | #806 | 271 |
| 2012 | #845 | 252 |
| 2011 | #800 | 275 |
| 2010 | #810 | 264 |
| 2009 | #900 | 229 |
| 2008 | #987 | 199 |
| 2007 | #1,048 | 180 |
| 2006 | #1,172 | 144 |
| 2005 | #1,182 | 135 |
| 2004 | #1,271 | 118 |
| 2003 | #1,561 | 81 |
| 2002 | #1,406 | 93 |
| 2001 | #1,710 | 67 |
| 2000 | #1,585 | 74 |
| 1999 | #1,995 | 48 |
| 1998 | #1,791 | 56 |
| 1997 | #1,964 | 46 |
| 1996 | #1,725 | 54 |
| 1995 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,641 | 27 |
| 1992 | #2,046 | 38 |
| 1991 | #2,469 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | #3,523 | 14 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 18 |
| 1985 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 12 |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five boys were named Abdiel! It came in at #3,095, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1982, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Abdiel is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Mexico#360 · 1 in 1,300
- Massachusetts#361 · 1 in 1,930
- New Jersey#377 · 1 in 1,894
- Texas#385 · 1 in 1,862
- New York#407 · 1 in 2,010
Best ever in a state: #168 in Rhode Island, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Massachusetts | #361 | 14 | 1 in 1,930 |
| New Jersey | #377 | 21 | 1 in 1,894 |
| Texas | #385 | 94 | 1 in 1,862 |
| New York | #407 | 42 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Maryland | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,082 |
| Arizona | #463 | 15 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Pennsylvania | #489 | 20 | 1 in 2,613 |
| California | #494 | 64 | 1 in 2,742 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| Illinois | #513 | 19 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Louisiana | #531 | 8 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Colorado | #535 | 10 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Georgia | #625 | 16 | 1 in 3,139 |
| North Carolina | #645 | 14 | 1 in 3,676 |
| Florida | #662 | 24 | 1 in 3,981 |
| South Carolina | #668 | 6 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Tennessee | #672 | 10 | 1 in 3,677 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 70 spots since 2024 (#677 → #607)
- 87 spots since 2020 (#520 → #607)
- 266 spots since 2015 (#873 → #607)
- Biggest jump: 132 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 144 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2019 at #504 (568 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,127
- Highest: 1 in 3,127 boys born in 2020 were named Abdiel (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,665 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #504 in 2019, was only 1 in 3,159 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 42.6% of all boys named Abdiel (3,286) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 33 | #3,095 (1976) | #4,290 |
| 1980s | 145 | #2,293 (1985) | #3,550 |
| 1990s | 379 | #1,725 (1996) | #2,245 |
| 2000s | 1,320 | #900 (2009) | #1,282 |
| 2010s | 3,286 | #504 (2019) | #752 |
| 2020s | 2,552 | #520 (2020) | #656 |
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.
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