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Abner: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 274 in 2025. Its best rank was #289 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #289 in 1881; #874 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Abner in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#874 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #289.
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Abner: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 274 boys in 2025. Peak: #289 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 293 (2024).
In 2025, 274 US boys were named Abner, making it the 874th most common boys’ name of the year, down 36 places from #838 in 2024. That is 19 fewer than the 293 boys named Abner in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #289, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 293, in 2024. For comparison, it was #1,019 in 2015 and #1,340 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Abner in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 27 babies with the name. In all, 9,454 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,863 babies named Abner.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,195 US boys were named Abner; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 293. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,234 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Abner ranked highest in Georgia in 2025, at #566 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. The open nickname list we use links it to Ab.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 31 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 18 | #566 | #704 |
| Maryland | 8 | #571 | — |
| Alabama | 8 | #573 | — |
| Tennessee | 12 | #592 | #826 |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #605 | #850 |
| Utah | 6 | #621 | — |
| North Carolina | 14 | #646 | #760 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #678 | #763 |
| Florida | 21 | #729 | #971 |
| Washington | 8 | #738 | #949 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #743 | — |
| Indiana | 7 | #773 | — |
| Arizona | 7 | #781 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #789 | #624 |
| Virginia | 8 | #798 | #791 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #808 | — |
| Texas | 30 | #856 | #778 |
| California | 24 | #934 | #961 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,016 | #1,204 |
| New York | 8 | #1,300 | #949 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 274 | #874 |
| 2024 | — | — | 293 | #838 |
| 2023 | — | — | 221 | #997 |
| 2022 | — | — | 191 | #1,113 |
| 2021 | — | — | 215 | #1,023 |
| 2020 | — | — | 219 | #976 |
| 2019 | — | — | 183 | #1,091 |
| 2018 | — | — | 203 | #1,016 |
| 2017 | — | — | 195 | #1,029 |
| 2016 | — | — | 201 | #1,011 |
| 2015 | — | — | 199 | #1,019 |
| 2014 | — | — | 202 | #1,012 |
| 2013 | — | — | 195 | #1,005 |
| 2012 | — | — | 157 | #1,161 |
| 2011 | — | — | 166 | #1,108 |
| 2010 | — | — | 162 | #1,143 |
| 2009 | — | — | 150 | #1,202 |
| 2008 | — | — | 149 | #1,188 |
| 2007 | — | — | 173 | #1,073 |
| 2006 | — | — | 156 | #1,116 |
| 2005 | — | — | 132 | #1,201 |
| 2004 | — | — | 133 | #1,172 |
| 2003 | — | — | 116 | #1,248 |
| 2002 | — | — | 115 | #1,204 |
| 2001 | — | — | 106 | #1,254 |
| 2000 | — | — | 113 | #1,196 |
| 1999 | — | — | 94 | #1,294 |
| 1998 | — | — | 68 | #1,558 |
| 1997 | — | — | 69 | #1,509 |
| 1996 | — | — | 88 | #1,257 |
| 1995 | — | — | 86 | #1,256 |
| 1994 | — | — | 62 | #1,516 |
| 1993 | — | — | 65 | #1,444 |
| 1992 | — | — | 66 | #1,396 |
| 1991 | — | — | 63 | #1,430 |
| 1990 | — | — | 66 | #1,370 |
| 1989 | — | — | 55 | #1,492 |
| 1988 | — | — | 62 | #1,307 |
| 1987 | — | — | 46 | #1,535 |
| 1986 | — | — | 45 | #1,493 |
| 1985 | — | — | 31 | #1,866 |
| 1984 | — | — | 43 | #1,458 |
| 1983 | — | — | 42 | #1,470 |
| 1982 | — | — | 39 | #1,563 |
| 1981 | — | — | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | — | — | 41 | #1,496 |
| 1979 | — | — | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | — | — | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | — | — | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | — | — | 33 | #1,608 |
| 1975 | — | — | 25 | #1,884 |
| 1974 | — | — | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | — | — | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | — | — | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | — | — | 28 | #1,668 |
| 1970 | — | — | 26 | #1,699 |
| 1969 | — | — | 24 | #1,680 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | — | — | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1966 | — | — | 37 | #1,237 |
| 1965 | — | — | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1964 | — | — | 21 | #1,729 |
| 1963 | — | — | 33 | #1,354 |
| 1962 | — | — | 35 | #1,311 |
| 1961 | — | — | 33 | #1,388 |
| 1960 | — | — | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1959 | — | — | 26 | #1,559 |
| 1958 | — | — | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1957 | — | — | 33 | #1,364 |
| 1956 | — | — | 24 | #1,608 |
| 1955 | — | — | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1954 | — | — | 19 | #1,762 |
| 1953 | — | — | 29 | #1,408 |
| 1952 | — | — | 25 | #1,517 |
| 1951 | — | — | 32 | #1,295 |
| 1950 | — | — | 29 | #1,340 |
| 1949 | — | — | 32 | #1,275 |
| 1948 | — | — | 33 | #1,256 |
| 1947 | — | — | 33 | #1,271 |
| 1946 | — | — | 31 | #1,257 |
| 1945 | — | — | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,328 |
| 1943 | — | — | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | — | — | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | — | — | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1940 | — | — | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1939 | — | — | 34 | #1,103 |
| 1938 | — | — | 49 | #897 |
| 1937 | — | — | 39 | #1,016 |
| 1936 | — | — | 33 | #1,142 |
| 1935 | — | — | 37 | #1,057 |
| 1934 | — | — | 38 | #1,059 |
| 1933 | — | — | 46 | #926 |
| 1932 | — | — | 49 | #924 |
| 1931 | — | — | 46 | #974 |
| 1930 | — | — | 48 | #976 |
| 1929 | — | — | 57 | #878 |
| 1928 | — | — | 58 | #872 |
| 1927 | — | — | 54 | #937 |
| 1926 | — | — | 56 | #894 |
| 1925 | — | — | 67 | #809 |
| 1924 | — | — | 75 | #778 |
| 1923 | — | — | 83 | #711 |
| 1922 | — | — | 80 | #737 |
| 1921 | — | — | 90 | #682 |
| 1920 | — | — | 71 | #792 |
| 1919 | — | — | 89 | #649 |
| 1918 | — | — | 85 | #674 |
| 1917 | — | — | 84 | #650 |
| 1916 | — | — | 88 | #620 |
| 1915 | — | — | 94 | #587 |
| 1914 | — | — | 83 | #539 |
| 1913 | — | — | 67 | #523 |
| 1912 | — | — | 45 | #608 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #856 |
| 1910 | — | — | 33 | #480 |
| 1909 | — | — | 23 | #545 |
| 1908 | — | — | 21 | #553 |
| 1907 | — | — | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | — | — | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | — | — | 27 | #410 |
| 1904 | — | — | 19 | #492 |
| 1903 | — | — | 20 | #470 |
| 1902 | — | — | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | — | — | 25 | #371 |
| 1900 | — | — | 21 | #518 |
| 1899 | — | — | 18 | #438 |
| 1898 | — | — | 21 | #435 |
| 1897 | — | — | 29 | #346 |
| 1896 | — | — | 17 | #500 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | — | — | 23 | #387 |
| 1893 | — | — | 21 | #391 |
| 1892 | — | — | 28 | #357 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #397 |
| 1890 | — | — | 15 | #489 |
| 1889 | — | — | 22 | #379 |
| 1888 | — | — | 25 | #369 |
| 1887 | — | — | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | — | — | 18 | #417 |
| 1885 | — | — | 32 | #298 |
| 1884 | — | — | 33 | #301 |
| 1883 | — | — | 27 | #318 |
| 1882 | — | — | 32 | #307 |
| 1881 | — | — | 30 | #289 |
| 1880 | — | — | 27 | #325 |
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).