Abiola

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 78.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
#6,340
1977 · 9 births
Debut · girls
1977
9 births
In top 100 · girls
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of 146 years
Total births · girls
183
since 1977

Abiola over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #6,340, 1977peak #5,525, 1980girlsboys
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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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1991#10,2717#8,2365
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1988#7,6919—
1987#9,8256#6,9515
1986—#6,7215
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Abiola! It came in at #6,340, and was given to 9 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1979–1986, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Abiola is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedMINew York: #1,645 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,368 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Abiola, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#1,645 · 1 in 20,368

Best ever in a state: #1,645 in New York, 1977.

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New York#1,64551 in 20,368
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See more about Abiola
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 1977 at #6,340 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 130,852
  • Highest: 1 in 130,852 girls born in 2018 were named Abiola (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #6,340 in 1977, was only 1 in 170,350 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 31.1% of all girls named Abiola (57) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2012
  • Mostly boys until 2011, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s16#6,340 (1977)#6,995
1980s26#7,691 (1988)#9,694
1990s45#8,804 (1994)#10,156
2000s28#11,417 (2006)#13,345
2010s57#8,146 (2018)#13,842
2020s11#13,462 (2023)#14,357

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Abiola in 1977

girls
#6,340
9 births · 1 in 170,350 girls

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #6,340Abiola9
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 170,350 of them was named Abiola, which outranked 44.0% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abiola
  1. #5,888Yanet10
  2. #5,888Ylonda10
  3. #5,888Zana10
  4. #6,340Abiola9
  5. #6,340Aaren9
  6. #6,340Aarin9
  7. #6,340Adonica9
  8. #6,892Aarti8
  9. #6,892Abimbola8
  10. #6,892Adenike8

Tied with 551 names at #6,340; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →