Abner

#874 for boys in 2025, 274 births

Peak · boys
#289
1881 · 30 births
Debut · boys
1880
27 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,454
since 1880

Abner over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Abner has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #289, 1881boys
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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#874274
2024#838293
2023#997221
2022#1,113191
2021#1,023215
2020#976219
2019#1,091183
2018#1,016203
2017#1,029195
2016#1,011201
2015#1,019199
2014#1,012202
2013#1,005195
2012#1,161157
2011#1,108166
2010#1,143162
2009#1,202150
2008#1,188149
2007#1,073173
2006#1,116156
2005#1,201132
2004#1,172133
2003#1,248116
2002#1,204115
2001#1,254106
2000#1,196113
1999#1,29494
1998#1,55868
1997#1,50969
1996#1,25788
1995#1,25686
1994#1,51662
1993#1,44465
1992#1,39566
1991#1,43063
1990#1,37066
1989#1,49255
1988#1,30762
1987#1,53446
1986#1,49345
1985#1,86631
1984#1,45843
1983#1,47042
1982#1,56339
1981#1,30950
1980#1,49641
1979#1,71133
1978#1,59635
1977#2,13122
1976#1,60833
1975#1,88425
1974#1,88624
1973#1,73626
1972#1,81924
1971#1,66828
1970#1,69926
1969#1,68024
1968#1,28235
1967#1,65222
1966#1,23737
1965#1,29435
1964#1,72921
1963#1,35433
1962#1,31135
1961#1,38833
1960#1,46330
1959#1,55926
1958#1,67722
1957#1,36433
1956#1,60824
1955#1,48327
1954#1,76219
1953#1,40829
1952#1,51725
1951#1,29532
1950#1,34029
1949#1,27532
1948#1,25633
1947#1,27133
1946#1,25731
1945#1,18031
1944#1,32825
1943#1,14036
1942#1,16735
1941#1,05138
1940#1,13534
1939#1,10334
1938#89749
1937#1,01639
1936#1,14233
1935#1,05737
1934#1,05938
1933#92646
1932#92449
1931#97446
1930#97648
1929#87857
1928#87258
1927#93754
1926#89456
1925#80967
1924#77875
1923#71183
1922#73780
1921#68290
1920#79271
1919#64989
1918#67485
1917#65084
1916#62088
1915#58794
1914#53983
1913#52367
1912#60845
1911#85615
1910#48033
1909#54523
1908#55321
1907#63416
1906#47222
1905#41027
1904#49219
1903#47020
1902#46021
1901#37125
1900#51821
1899#43818
1898#43521
1897#34629
1896#50017
1895#50116
1894#38723
1893#39121
1892#35728
1891#39719
1890#48915
1889#37922
1888#36925
1887#39218
1886#41718
1885#29832
1884#30133
1883#31827
1882#30732
1881#28930
1880#32527
First appearance
1880

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 1951

No state had 5 or more boys named Abner in 1951, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Abner
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #289 (30 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1880–1933
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,358
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 19.7% of all boys named Abner (1,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s264#289 (1881)#340
1890s207#346 (1897)#424
1900s215#371 (1901)#493
1910s683#480 (1910)#619
1920s691#682 (1921)#809
1930s419#897 (1938)#1,007
1940s328#1,051 (1941)#1,206
1950s266#1,295 (1951)#1,501
1960s305#1,237 (1966)#1,439
1970s276#1,596 (1978)#1,774
1980s454#1,307 (1988)#1,499
1990s727#1,256 (1995)#1,403
2000s1,343#1,073 (2007)#1,185
2010s1,863#1,005 (2013)#1,060
2020s1,413#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 1951

boys
#1,295
32 births · 1 in 58,839 boys

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #1,295Abner32
More about 1951

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 58,839 of them was named Abner, which outranked 69.6% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abner
  1. #1,279Romeo33
  2. #1,279Wendel33
  3. #1,279Wilber33
  4. #1,295Abner32
  5. #1,295Angus32
  6. #1,295Arnoldo32
  7. #1,295Auther32
  8. #1,332Elizabeth31
  9. #1,332Estel31
  10. #1,332Garret31

Tied with 36 names at #1,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 428Kimberly#1,139 → #711
  2. ↑ 372Cole#1,364 → #992
  3. ↑ 357Wayland#1,272 → #915
  4. ↑ 354Ricki#1,139 → #785
  5. ↑ 346Lou#1,289 → #943
Fallers
  1. ↓ 944Jory#960 → #1,904
  2. ↓ 502Samual#960 → #1,462
  3. ↓ 426Carlyle#918 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 319Shaun#899 → #1,218
  5. ↓ 318Tex#977 → #1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951 →