Meaning not yet researched.
Abe: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 64 in 2025. Its best rank was #215 in 1898.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #215 in 1898; #2,207 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Abe in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,207 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1898, at #215.
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Abe: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 64 boys in 2025. Peak: #215 in 1898 · most boys in one year: 280 (1917).
In 2025, 64 US boys were named Abe, making it the 2,207th most common boys’ name of the year, up 212 places from #2,419 in 2024. That is 7 more than the 57 boys named Abe in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #215, reached in 1898. The most boys given the name in a single year was 280, in 1917. For comparison, it was #1,846 in 2015 and #1,037 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Abe in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 50 babies with the name. In all, 9,694 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 2,099 babies named Abe.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 653 US boys were named Abe; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 81. In 2025 that was about 1 in 26,689 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Abe ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #577 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Abby (62,036 babies since 1880), Abbie (22,556 babies since 1880), Abbey (17,544 babies since 1880) and Abbi (2,083 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Abe in the open dataset we use.
Abe is listed as a nickname for Abel, Abraham, Abram.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 12 | #577 | #851 |
| New York | 20 | #716 | #1,348 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | — | — | 57 | #2,419 |
| 2023 | — | — | 59 | #2,346 |
| 2022 | — | — | 59 | #2,380 |
| 2021 | — | — | 64 | #2,195 |
| 2020 | — | — | 53 | #2,437 |
| 2019 | — | — | 81 | #1,849 |
| 2018 | — | — | 81 | #1,856 |
| 2017 | — | — | 74 | #1,936 |
| 2016 | — | — | 61 | #2,208 |
| 2015 | — | — | 80 | #1,846 |
| 2014 | — | — | 60 | #2,230 |
| 2013 | — | — | 63 | #2,113 |
| 2012 | — | — | 49 | #2,517 |
| 2011 | — | — | 51 | #2,437 |
| 2010 | — | — | 55 | #2,324 |
| 2009 | — | — | 57 | #2,287 |
| 2008 | — | — | 49 | #2,542 |
| 2007 | — | — | 52 | #2,443 |
| 2006 | — | — | 44 | #2,659 |
| 2005 | — | — | 41 | #2,653 |
| 2004 | — | — | 37 | #2,788 |
| 2003 | — | — | 57 | #2,006 |
| 2002 | — | — | 44 | #2,338 |
| 2001 | — | — | 42 | #2,347 |
| 2000 | — | — | 31 | #2,864 |
| 1999 | — | — | 23 | #3,376 |
| 1998 | — | — | 29 | #2,784 |
| 1997 | — | — | 27 | #2,823 |
| 1996 | — | — | 28 | #2,680 |
| 1995 | — | — | 20 | #3,303 |
| 1994 | — | — | 19 | #3,471 |
| 1993 | — | — | 18 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | — | — | 17 | #3,605 |
| 1991 | — | — | 23 | #2,828 |
| 1990 | — | — | 25 | #2,628 |
| 1989 | — | — | 23 | #2,690 |
| 1988 | — | — | 25 | #2,367 |
| 1987 | — | — | 28 | #2,115 |
| 1986 | — | — | 21 | #2,510 |
| 1985 | — | — | 27 | #2,071 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,529 |
| 1983 | — | — | 27 | #1,955 |
| 1982 | — | — | 34 | #1,700 |
| 1981 | — | — | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1980 | — | — | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | — | — | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | — | — | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | — | — | 43 | #1,391 |
| 1976 | — | — | 36 | #1,502 |
| 1975 | — | — | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | — | — | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | — | — | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | — | — | 34 | #1,453 |
| 1971 | — | — | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | — | — | 34 | #1,435 |
| 1969 | — | — | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | — | — | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | — | — | 24 | #1,573 |
| 1966 | — | — | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1965 | — | — | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | — | — | 44 | #1,161 |
| 1963 | — | — | 47 | #1,121 |
| 1962 | — | — | 51 | #1,069 |
| 1961 | — | — | 63 | #967 |
| 1960 | — | — | 60 | #981 |
| 1959 | — | — | 65 | #950 |
| 1958 | — | — | 63 | #956 |
| 1957 | — | — | 66 | #928 |
| 1956 | — | — | 52 | #1,045 |
| 1955 | — | — | 60 | #971 |
| 1954 | — | — | 58 | #973 |
| 1953 | — | — | 57 | #950 |
| 1952 | — | — | 49 | #1,027 |
| 1951 | — | — | 45 | #1,070 |
| 1950 | — | — | 46 | #1,037 |
| 1949 | — | — | 62 | #872 |
| 1948 | — | — | 51 | #972 |
| 1947 | — | — | 56 | #938 |
| 1946 | — | — | 53 | #911 |
| 1945 | — | — | 58 | #817 |
| 1944 | — | — | 58 | #824 |
| 1943 | — | — | 55 | #897 |
| 1942 | — | — | 63 | #812 |
| 1941 | — | — | 66 | #762 |
| 1940 | — | — | 54 | #858 |
| 1939 | — | — | 56 | #811 |
| 1938 | — | — | 55 | #834 |
| 1937 | — | — | 63 | #771 |
| 1936 | — | — | 71 | #710 |
| 1935 | — | — | 59 | #803 |
| 1934 | — | — | 76 | #697 |
| 1933 | — | — | 67 | #745 |
| 1932 | — | — | 83 | #668 |
| 1931 | — | — | 78 | #677 |
| 1930 | — | — | 86 | #672 |
| 1929 | — | — | 62 | #826 |
| 1928 | — | — | 88 | #669 |
| 1927 | — | — | 140 | #516 |
| 1926 | — | — | 135 | #520 |
| 1925 | — | — | 116 | #577 |
| 1924 | — | — | 174 | #465 |
| 1923 | — | — | 173 | #468 |
| 1922 | — | — | 176 | #466 |
| 1921 | — | — | 231 | #402 |
| 1920 | — | — | 207 | #408 |
| 1919 | — | — | 264 | #349 |
| 1918 | — | — | 256 | #366 |
| 1917 | — | — | 280 | #324 |
| 1916 | — | — | 260 | #329 |
| 1915 | — | — | 272 | #311 |
| 1914 | — | — | 225 | #301 |
| 1913 | — | — | 202 | #271 |
| 1912 | — | — | 172 | #266 |
| 1911 | — | — | 94 | #267 |
| 1910 | — | — | 74 | #282 |
| 1909 | — | — | 67 | #275 |
| 1908 | — | — | 57 | #287 |
| 1907 | — | — | 65 | #260 |
| 1906 | — | — | 50 | #281 |
| 1905 | — | — | 65 | #241 |
| 1904 | — | — | 52 | #264 |
| 1903 | — | — | 58 | #239 |
| 1902 | — | — | 54 | #252 |
| 1901 | — | — | 48 | #249 |
| 1900 | — | — | 56 | #274 |
| 1899 | — | — | 39 | #276 |
| 1898 | — | — | 67 | #215 |
| 1897 | — | — | 58 | #222 |
| 1896 | — | — | 51 | #254 |
| 1895 | — | — | 54 | #242 |
| 1894 | — | — | 50 | #240 |
| 1893 | — | — | 43 | #266 |
| 1892 | — | — | 53 | #244 |
| 1891 | — | — | 40 | #251 |
| 1890 | — | — | 49 | #237 |
| 1889 | — | — | 39 | #266 |
| 1888 | — | — | 46 | #260 |
| 1887 | — | — | 37 | #268 |
| 1886 | — | — | 50 | #235 |
| 1885 | — | — | 47 | #241 |
| 1884 | — | — | 45 | #256 |
| 1883 | — | — | 43 | #245 |
| 1882 | — | — | 50 | #235 |
| 1881 | — | — | 36 | #262 |
| 1880 | — | — | 50 | #234 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).