Abie
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #10,451 · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to boys 91.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 733since 1889
Abie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,373 | 6 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,337 | 11 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,096 | 14 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,143 | 15 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Abie! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Abie is popular in 1940
No state had 5 or more boys named Abie in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Abie
- 422 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #7,679)
- 645 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #7,679)
- 1,889 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #7,679)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #974 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
- Highest: 1 in 22,116 boys born in 1889 were named Abie (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.7% of all boys named Abie (130) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2011, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,057 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,233 (1905) | #1,233 |
| 1910s | 75 | #2,152 (1916) | #2,441 |
| 1920s | 130 | #1,941 (1923) | #2,359 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,723 (1936) | #2,400 |
| 1940s | 80 | #2,337 (1949) | #2,781 |
| 1950s | 56 | #2,709 (1953) | #3,236 |
| 1960s | 35 | #2,364 (1962) | #3,476 |
| 1970s | 15 | #3,521 (1970) | #3,970 |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,523 (1985) | #6,622 |
| 1990s | 7 | #6,670 (1992) | #6,670 |
| 2000s | 84 | #5,040 (2000) | #7,888 |
| 2010s | 53 | #5,813 (2019) | #9,776 |
| 2020s | 65 | #6,220 (2023) | #7,346 |
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.
Abie in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 128,797 of them was named Abie, which outranked 37.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,322Watt10
- #2,322Woodson10
- #2,322Yvonne10
- #2,478Abie9
- #2,478Admiral9
- #2,478Alen9
- #2,478Alfonse9
- #2,671Alger8
- #2,671Ali8
- #2,671Alven8
Tied with 192 names at #2,478; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.