Meaning not yet researched.
Abel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,525 in 2025. Its best rank was #124 in 2015.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #124 in 2015; #231 in 2025. About 99.6% of babies named Abel in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#231 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2015, at #124.
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Abel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,525 boys in 2025. Peak: #124 in 2015 · most boys in one year: 3,245 (2015).
In 2025, 1,525 US boys were named Abel, making it the 231st most common boys’ name of the year, down 11 places from #220 in 2024. That is 110 fewer than the 1,635 boys named Abel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #124, reached in 2015. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,245. For comparison, it was #124 in 2015 and #514 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Abel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 9 babies with the name. In all, 66,198 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 23,596 babies named Abel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 21,584 US boys were named Abel; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,045. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,120 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Abel ranked highest in Nevada in 2025, at #148 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Albert (494,420 babies since 1880), Alberto (63,259 babies since 1880), Avraham (4,992 babies since 1880) and Abiel (1,645 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Aybel, Abell and Aibel are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ab, Abe, Eb and Ebbie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Armenian, Danish, Dutch, Galician, Polish and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Aybel (58), Abell (36), Aibel (11), Abeal (5).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 21 | #148 | #95 |
| New Mexico | 13 | #148 | #95 |
| Maine | 8 | #151 | #27 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #155 | #151 |
| California | 246 | #157 | #108 |
| Oregon | 26 | #159 | #101 |
| Arizona | 54 | #165 | #117 |
| Nebraska | 16 | #173 | #134 |
| Texas | 216 | #173 | #116 |
| Oklahoma | 27 | #179 | #75 |
| Indiana | 45 | #188 | #112 |
| Arkansas | 19 | #189 | #85 |
| Kansas | 20 | #196 | #83 |
| Washington | 41 | #200 | #132 |
| Delaware | 5 | #203 | #135 |
| Kentucky | 27 | #203 | #109 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #206 | #91 |
| Tennessee | 43 | #207 | #98 |
| Missouri | 34 | #207 | #119 |
| Illinois | 55 | #212 | #133 |
| Mississippi | 14 | #215 | #231 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #221 | #99 |
| North Carolina | 56 | #222 | #111 |
| West Virginia | 8 | #227 | #84 |
| Minnesota | 27 | #231 | #128 |
| Louisiana | 21 | #239 | #156 |
| Iowa | 16 | #246 | #74 |
| Idaho | 10 | #256 | #151 |
| Colorado | 25 | #262 | #125 |
| Ohio | 47 | #265 | #126 |
| Georgia | 46 | #267 | #167 |
| South Carolina | 19 | #287 | #147 |
| Maryland | 18 | #300 | #171 |
| Michigan | 32 | #301 | #149 |
| Virginia | 27 | #303 | #139 |
| Florida | 62 | #314 | #178 |
| Wisconsin | 17 | #317 | #110 |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | #324 | #154 |
| Alabama | 16 | #333 | #135 |
| New York | 38 | #448 | #221 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #467 | #165 |
| Utah | 9 | #473 | #290 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #499 | #218 |
| New Jersey | 10 | #656 | #270 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,959 | 1,525 | #231 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,130 | 1,635 | #220 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,204 | 1,658 | #220 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,251 | 1,769 | #215 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,465 | 1,956 | #195 |
| 2020 | — | — | 2,131 | #181 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,469 | #158 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,154 | 2,682 | #146 |
| 2017 | — | — | 2,714 | #145 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,341 | 3,045 | #137 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,153 | 3,245 | #124 |
| 2014 | — | — | 2,573 | #164 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,162 | 2,238 | #180 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,952 | #192 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,168 | 1,508 | #238 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,128 | #293 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,311 | 964 | #330 |
| 2008 | — | — | 864 | #361 |
| 2007 | — | — | 940 | #343 |
| 2006 | — | — | 924 | #338 |
| 2005 | — | — | 855 | #347 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,190 | 791 | #356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,800 | 755 | #360 |
| 2002 | — | — | 775 | #353 |
| 2001 | — | — | 733 | #362 |
| 2000 | — | — | 763 | #352 |
| 1999 | — | — | 711 | #367 |
| 1998 | — | — | 668 | #378 |
| 1997 | — | — | 718 | #352 |
| 1996 | — | — | 606 | #387 |
| 1995 | — | — | 717 | #340 |
| 1994 | — | — | 584 | #399 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,446 | 620 | #377 |
| 1992 | — | — | 631 | #370 |
| 1991 | — | — | 623 | #370 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,194 | 606 | #382 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,763 | 541 | #400 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,801 | 514 | #384 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,327 | 458 | #407 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,914 | 482 | #381 |
| 1985 | — | — | 462 | #387 |
| 1984 | — | — | 426 | #400 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,707 | 426 | #391 |
| 1982 | — | — | 468 | #371 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,112 | 479 | #365 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,393 | 474 | #366 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,012 | 428 | #389 |
| 1978 | — | — | 371 | #400 |
| 1977 | — | — | 347 | #424 |
| 1976 | — | — | 395 | #390 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,068 | 382 | #396 |
| 1974 | — | — | 330 | #435 |
| 1973 | — | — | 361 | #412 |
| 1972 | — | — | 321 | #443 |
| 1971 | — | — | 310 | #465 |
| 1970 | — | — | 283 | #480 |
| 1969 | — | — | 277 | #458 |
| 1968 | — | — | 267 | #465 |
| 1967 | — | — | 251 | #475 |
| 1966 | — | — | 256 | #480 |
| 1965 | — | — | 283 | #462 |
| 1964 | — | — | 273 | #478 |
| 1963 | — | — | 272 | #484 |
| 1962 | — | — | 258 | #494 |
| 1961 | — | — | 281 | #477 |
| 1960 | — | — | 247 | #505 |
| 1959 | — | — | 226 | #524 |
| 1958 | — | — | 241 | #500 |
| 1957 | — | — | 236 | #504 |
| 1956 | — | — | 215 | #515 |
| 1955 | — | — | 215 | #504 |
| 1954 | — | — | 223 | #484 |
| 1953 | — | — | 217 | #473 |
| 1952 | — | — | 162 | #549 |
| 1951 | — | — | 183 | #500 |
| 1950 | — | — | 170 | #514 |
| 1949 | — | — | 161 | #525 |
| 1948 | — | — | 151 | #540 |
| 1947 | — | — | 146 | #558 |
| 1946 | — | — | 117 | #592 |
| 1945 | — | — | 113 | #567 |
| 1944 | — | — | 118 | #559 |
| 1943 | — | — | 92 | #668 |
| 1942 | — | — | 105 | #615 |
| 1941 | — | — | 121 | #535 |
| 1940 | — | — | 101 | #589 |
| 1939 | — | — | 95 | #594 |
| 1938 | — | — | 87 | #640 |
| 1937 | — | — | 91 | #609 |
| 1936 | — | — | 75 | #685 |
| 1935 | — | — | 92 | #605 |
| 1934 | — | — | 93 | #615 |
| 1933 | — | — | 96 | #591 |
| 1932 | — | — | 95 | #607 |
| 1931 | — | — | 93 | #616 |
| 1930 | — | — | 122 | #540 |
| 1929 | — | — | 96 | #620 |
| 1928 | — | — | 85 | #685 |
| 1927 | — | — | 79 | #733 |
| 1926 | — | — | 101 | #622 |
| 1925 | — | — | 83 | #710 |
| 1924 | — | — | 110 | #608 |
| 1923 | — | — | 73 | #769 |
| 1922 | — | — | 91 | #678 |
| 1921 | — | — | 84 | #715 |
| 1920 | — | — | 79 | #732 |
| 1919 | — | — | 91 | #638 |
| 1918 | — | — | 76 | #733 |
| 1917 | — | — | 86 | #640 |
| 1916 | — | — | 62 | #781 |
| 1915 | — | — | 64 | #750 |
| 1914 | — | — | 51 | #734 |
| 1913 | — | — | 48 | #641 |
| 1912 | — | — | 40 | #668 |
| 1911 | — | — | 30 | #548 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #981 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | — | — | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #866 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #752 |
| 1905 | — | — | 6 | #1,091 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | — | — | 14 | #595 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #687 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #649 |
| 1899 | — | — | 15 | #502 |
| 1898 | — | — | 10 | #701 |
| 1897 | — | — | 12 | #615 |
| 1896 | — | — | 15 | #534 |
| 1895 | — | — | 6 | #978 |
| 1894 | — | — | 15 | #521 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | — | — | 8 | #792 |
| 1891 | — | — | 10 | #597 |
| 1890 | — | — | 14 | #511 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | — | — | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #544 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #451 |
| 1885 | — | — | 6 | #837 |
| 1884 | — | — | 14 | #504 |
| 1883 | — | — | 12 | #527 |
| 1882 | — | — | 10 | #611 |
| 1881 | — | — | 12 | #503 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #640 |
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).