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 | ||
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| 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.
Where Abiel is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#1,456 · 1 in 17,764
- Florida#1,587 · 1 in 18,392
- California#1,860 · 1 in 28,811
Best ever in a state: #425 in Nebraska, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #1,456 | 10 | 1 in 17,764 |
| Florida | #1,587 | 5 | 1 in 18,392 |
| California | #1,860 | 8 | 1 in 28,811 |
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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.
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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 293,509 of them was named Abiel, which outranked 23.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #13,483Zurisaday7
- #13,483Zyara7
- #13,483Zyrielle7
- #14,962Abiel6
- #14,962Aadhira6
- #14,962Aahna6
- #14,962Aalyssa6
- #16,869Aabha5
- #16,869Aadi5
- #16,869Aadison5
Tied with 1,906 names at #14,962; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 35,791 of them was named Abiel, which outranked 83.3% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,358Pavel54
- #2,358Rylie54
- #2,358Salomon54
- #2,380Abiel53
- #2,380Aharon53
- #2,380Amaree53
- #2,380Baker53
- #2,415Advaith52
- #2,415Alister52
- #2,415Asael52
Tied with 34 names at #2,380; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.