Abner
#874 for boys in 2025, 274 births
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 27 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,454since 1880
Abner over time
Rank among boys' names. Abner has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #874 | 274 |
| 2024 | #838 | 293 |
| 2023 | #997 | 221 |
| 2022 | #1,113 | 191 |
| 2021 | #1,023 | 215 |
| 2020 | #976 | 219 |
| 2019 | #1,091 | 183 |
| 2018 | #1,016 | 203 |
| 2017 | #1,029 | 195 |
| 2016 | #1,011 | 201 |
| 2015 | #1,019 | 199 |
| 2014 | #1,012 | 202 |
| 2013 | #1,005 | 195 |
| 2012 | #1,161 | 157 |
| 2011 | #1,108 | 166 |
| 2010 | #1,143 | 162 |
| 2009 | #1,202 | 150 |
| 2008 | #1,188 | 149 |
| 2007 | #1,073 | 173 |
| 2006 | #1,116 | 156 |
| 2005 | #1,201 | 132 |
| 2004 | #1,172 | 133 |
| 2003 | #1,248 | 116 |
| 2002 | #1,204 | 115 |
| 2001 | #1,254 | 106 |
| 2000 | #1,196 | 113 |
| 1999 | #1,294 | 94 |
| 1998 | #1,558 | 68 |
| 1997 | #1,509 | 69 |
| 1996 | #1,257 | 88 |
| 1995 | #1,256 | 86 |
| 1994 | #1,516 | 62 |
| 1993 | #1,444 | 65 |
| 1992 | #1,395 | 66 |
| 1991 | #1,430 | 63 |
| 1990 | #1,370 | 66 |
| 1989 | #1,492 | 55 |
| 1988 | #1,307 | 62 |
| 1987 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #1,493 | 45 |
| 1985 | #1,866 | 31 |
| 1984 | #1,458 | 43 |
| 1983 | #1,470 | 42 |
| 1982 | #1,563 | 39 |
| 1981 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,496 | 41 |
| 1979 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #1,596 | 35 |
| 1977 | #2,131 | 22 |
| 1976 | #1,608 | 33 |
| 1975 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #1,886 | 24 |
| 1973 | #1,736 | 26 |
| 1972 | #1,819 | 24 |
| 1971 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #1,680 | 24 |
| 1968 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #1,237 | 37 |
| 1965 | #1,294 | 35 |
| 1964 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #1,354 | 33 |
| 1962 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #1,559 | 26 |
| 1958 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,364 | 33 |
| 1956 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,517 | 25 |
| 1951 | #1,295 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,340 | 29 |
| 1949 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1947 | #1,271 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 31 |
| 1945 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,328 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,140 | 36 |
| 1942 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1940 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,103 | 34 |
| 1938 | #897 | 49 |
| 1937 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1936 | #1,142 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,059 | 38 |
| 1933 | #926 | 46 |
| 1932 | #924 | 49 |
| 1931 | #974 | 46 |
| 1930 | #976 | 48 |
| 1929 | #878 | 57 |
| 1928 | #872 | 58 |
| 1927 | #937 | 54 |
| 1926 | #894 | 56 |
| 1925 | #809 | 67 |
| 1924 | #778 | 75 |
| 1923 | #711 | 83 |
| 1922 | #737 | 80 |
| 1921 | #682 | 90 |
| 1920 | #792 | 71 |
| 1919 | #649 | 89 |
| 1918 | #674 | 85 |
| 1917 | #650 | 84 |
| 1916 | #620 | 88 |
| 1915 | #587 | 94 |
| 1914 | #539 | 83 |
| 1913 | #523 | 67 |
| 1912 | #608 | 45 |
| 1911 | #856 | 15 |
| 1910 | #480 | 33 |
| 1909 | #545 | 23 |
| 1908 | #553 | 21 |
| 1907 | #634 | 16 |
| 1906 | #472 | 22 |
| 1905 | #410 | 27 |
| 1904 | #492 | 19 |
| 1903 | #470 | 20 |
| 1902 | #460 | 21 |
| 1901 | #371 | 25 |
| 1900 | #518 | 21 |
| 1899 | #438 | 18 |
| 1898 | #435 | 21 |
| 1897 | #346 | 29 |
| 1896 | #500 | 17 |
| 1895 | #501 | 16 |
| 1894 | #387 | 23 |
| 1893 | #391 | 21 |
| 1892 | #357 | 28 |
| 1891 | #397 | 19 |
| 1890 | #489 | 15 |
| 1889 | #379 | 22 |
| 1888 | #369 | 25 |
| 1887 | #392 | 18 |
| 1886 | #417 | 18 |
| 1885 | #298 | 32 |
| 1884 | #301 | 33 |
| 1883 | #318 | 27 |
| 1882 | #307 | 32 |
| 1881 | #289 | 30 |
| 1880 | #325 | 27 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Abner was already there! It came in at #325, and was given to 27 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 23 boys a year got the name.
Where Abner is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#785 · 1 in 9,828
Best ever in a state: #123 in Virginia, 1910.
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| Texas | #785 | 6 | 1 in 9,828 |
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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 Abner
- 36 spots since 2024 (#838 → #874)
- 102 spots since 2020 (#976 → #874)
- 145 spots since 2015 (#1,019 → #874)
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1912 (#856 → #608)
- Biggest drop: 376 spots in 1911 (#480 → #856)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #289 (30 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1880–1933
- Highest: 1 in 3,358 boys born in 1881 were named Abner (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,234 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 19.7% of all boys named Abner (1,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 264 | #289 (1881) | #340 |
| 1890s | 207 | #346 (1897) | #424 |
| 1900s | 215 | #371 (1901) | #493 |
| 1910s | 683 | #480 (1910) | #619 |
| 1920s | 691 | #682 (1921) | #809 |
| 1930s | 419 | #897 (1938) | #1,007 |
| 1940s | 328 | #1,051 (1941) | #1,206 |
| 1950s | 266 | #1,295 (1951) | #1,501 |
| 1960s | 305 | #1,237 (1966) | #1,439 |
| 1970s | 276 | #1,596 (1978) | #1,774 |
| 1980s | 454 | #1,307 (1988) | #1,499 |
| 1990s | 727 | #1,256 (1995) | #1,403 |
| 2000s | 1,343 | #1,073 (2007) | #1,185 |
| 2010s | 1,863 | #1,005 (2013) | #1,060 |
| 2020s | 1,413 | #838 (2024) | #970 |
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.
Abner in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 22,862 of them was named Abner, which outranked 78.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).