Abe
#2,207 for boys in 2025, 64 births
- Peak · boys
- 1898 · 67 births
- Debut · boys
- 50 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,694since 1880
Abe over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Abe has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,207 | 64 |
| 2024 | #2,418 | 57 |
| 2023 | #2,346 | 59 |
| 2022 | #2,379 | 59 |
| 2021 | #2,193 | 64 |
| 2020 | #2,437 | 53 |
| 2019 | #1,849 | 81 |
| 2018 | #1,856 | 81 |
| 2017 | #1,935 | 74 |
| 2016 | #2,207 | 61 |
| 2015 | #1,846 | 80 |
| 2014 | #2,230 | 60 |
| 2013 | #2,113 | 63 |
| 2012 | #2,517 | 49 |
| 2011 | #2,437 | 51 |
| 2010 | #2,324 | 55 |
| 2009 | #2,287 | 57 |
| 2008 | #2,542 | 49 |
| 2007 | #2,442 | 52 |
| 2006 | #2,659 | 44 |
| 2005 | #2,653 | 41 |
| 2004 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #2,006 | 57 |
| 2002 | #2,337 | 44 |
| 2001 | #2,346 | 42 |
| 2000 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | #3,376 | 23 |
| 1998 | #2,782 | 29 |
| 1997 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #3,303 | 20 |
| 1994 | #3,469 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #1,700 | 34 |
| 1981 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1980 | #1,619 | 36 |
| 1979 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #1,390 | 43 |
| 1976 | #1,502 | 36 |
| 1975 | #1,378 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,409 | 37 |
| 1973 | #1,354 | 38 |
| 1972 | #1,453 | 34 |
| 1971 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,435 | 34 |
| 1969 | #1,440 | 31 |
| 1968 | #1,339 | 33 |
| 1967 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #1,299 | 34 |
| 1965 | #1,271 | 36 |
| 1964 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1963 | #1,121 | 47 |
| 1962 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1961 | #967 | 63 |
| 1960 | #981 | 60 |
| 1959 | #950 | 65 |
| 1958 | #956 | 63 |
| 1957 | #928 | 66 |
| 1956 | #1,045 | 52 |
| 1955 | #971 | 60 |
| 1954 | #973 | 58 |
| 1953 | #950 | 57 |
| 1952 | #1,027 | 49 |
| 1951 | #1,070 | 45 |
| 1950 | #1,037 | 46 |
| 1949 | #872 | 62 |
| 1948 | #972 | 51 |
| 1947 | #938 | 56 |
| 1946 | #911 | 53 |
| 1945 | #817 | 58 |
| 1944 | #824 | 58 |
| 1943 | #897 | 55 |
| 1942 | #812 | 63 |
| 1941 | #762 | 66 |
| 1940 | #858 | 54 |
| 1939 | #811 | 56 |
| 1938 | #834 | 55 |
| 1937 | #771 | 63 |
| 1936 | #710 | 71 |
| 1935 | #803 | 59 |
| 1934 | #697 | 76 |
| 1933 | #745 | 67 |
| 1932 | #668 | 83 |
| 1931 | #677 | 78 |
| 1930 | #672 | 86 |
| 1929 | #826 | 62 |
| 1928 | #669 | 88 |
| 1927 | #516 | 140 |
| 1926 | #520 | 135 |
| 1925 | #577 | 116 |
| 1924 | #465 | 174 |
| 1923 | #468 | 173 |
| 1922 | #466 | 176 |
| 1921 | #402 | 231 |
| 1920 | #408 | 207 |
| 1919 | #349 | 264 |
| 1918 | #366 | 256 |
| 1917 | #324 | 280 |
| 1916 | #329 | 260 |
| 1915 | #311 | 272 |
| 1914 | #301 | 225 |
| 1913 | #271 | 202 |
| 1912 | #266 | 172 |
| 1911 | #267 | 94 |
| 1910 | #282 | 74 |
| 1909 | #275 | 67 |
| 1908 | #287 | 57 |
| 1907 | #260 | 65 |
| 1906 | #281 | 50 |
| 1905 | #241 | 65 |
| 1904 | #264 | 52 |
| 1903 | #239 | 58 |
| 1902 | #252 | 54 |
| 1901 | #249 | 48 |
| 1900 | #274 | 56 |
| 1899 | #276 | 39 |
| 1898 | #215 | 67 |
| 1897 | #222 | 58 |
| 1896 | #254 | 51 |
| 1895 | #242 | 54 |
| 1894 | #240 | 50 |
| 1893 | #266 | 43 |
| 1892 | #244 | 53 |
| 1891 | #251 | 40 |
| 1890 | #237 | 49 |
| 1889 | #266 | 39 |
| 1888 | #260 | 46 |
| 1887 | #268 | 37 |
| 1886 | #235 | 50 |
| 1885 | #241 | 47 |
| 1884 | #256 | 45 |
| 1883 | #245 | 43 |
| 1882 | #235 | 50 |
| 1881 | #262 | 36 |
| 1880 | #234 | 50 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Abe was already there! It came in at #234, and was given to 50 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1988–1995, when fewer than 26 boys a year got the name.
Where Abe is popular in 1914
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- New York#104 · 1 in 747
- New Jersey#184 · 1 in 2,254
- Alabama#219 · 1 in 1,571
- Kansas#220 · 1 in 1,702
- Pennsylvania#220 · 1 in 2,942
Best ever in a state: #99 in New Jersey, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #104 | 85 | 1 in 747 |
| New Jersey | #184 | 8 | 1 in 2,254 |
| Alabama | #219 | 10 | 1 in 1,571 |
| Kansas | #220 | 5 | 1 in 1,702 |
| Pennsylvania | #220 | 19 | 1 in 2,942 |
| Ohio | #243 | 10 | 1 in 2,825 |
| Illinois | #249 | 13 | 1 in 2,706 |
| Mississippi | #253 | 7 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Virginia | #264 | 6 | 1 in 2,321 |
| Minnesota | #272 | 5 | 1 in 2,354 |
| South Carolina | #306 | 5 | 1 in 2,599 |
| Georgia | #362 | 6 | 1 in 3,500 |
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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
- 211 spots since 2024 (#2,418 → #2,207)
- 230 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #2,207)
- 361 spots since 2015 (#1,846 → #2,207)
- Biggest jump: 154 spots in 1930 (#826 → #672)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1950 (#872 → #1,037)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #215 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 69 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1949
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,831
- Highest: 1 in 1,831 boys born in 1898 were named Abe (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 26,689 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
- 21.7% of all boys named Abe (2,099) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 443 | #234 (1880) | #250 |
| 1890s | 504 | #215 (1898) | #245 |
| 1900s | 572 | #239 (1903) | #262 |
| 1910s | 2,099 | #266 (1912) | #307 |
| 1920s | 1,502 | #402 (1921) | #532 |
| 1930s | 694 | #668 (1932) | #739 |
| 1940s | 576 | #762 (1941) | #866 |
| 1950s | 561 | #928 (1957) | #991 |
| 1960s | 423 | #967 (1961) | #1,222 |
| 1970s | 352 | #1,309 (1971) | #1,530 |
| 1980s | 274 | #1,619 (1980) | #2,125 |
| 1990s | 229 | #2,628 (1990) | #3,099 |
| 2000s | 454 | #2,006 (2003) | #2,492 |
| 2010s | 655 | #1,846 (2015) | #2,131 |
| 2020s | 356 | #2,193 (2021) | #2,330 |
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.
Abe in 1914
boys
#301
225 births · 1 in 2,910 boys
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
boys
654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 2,910 of them was named Abe, which outranked 92.0% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).