Abe Boy
How popular is Abe?
#2,207 boy name in 2025
64 baby boys were named Abe in the US in 2025, making it the 2207th most popular boy name.
Abe popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,207 for boys (▲ 211 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 64 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,846 in 2015, #2,436 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1917 (280 boys) |
| Highest rank | #215 in 1898 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Abe counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Abe family of names ranked #1,769 for boys in 2025 (#1,980 the year before), with 69 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Abe | 64 | 93% |
| Ab | 5 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Abe is most popular
Babies named Abe per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Abe by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 443 | #234 |
| 1890s | 504 | #215 |
| 1900s | 572 | #239 |
| 1910s | 2,099 | #266 |
| 1920s | 1,502 | #402 |
| 1930s | 694 | #668 |
| 1940s | 576 | #762 |
| 1950s | 561 | #927 |
| 1960s | 423 | #966 |
| 1970s | 352 | #1,309 |
| 1980s | 274 | #1,619 |
| 1990s | 229 | #2,623 |
| 2000s | 454 | #2,002 |
| 2010s | 655 | #1,846 |
| 2020s | 356 | #2,192 |
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Questions
- Is Abe a boy or girl name?
- Abe is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Abe were boys.
- How popular is the name Abe?
- 64 baby boys were named Abe in the US in 2025, making it the 2207th most popular boy name.
- When was Abe most popular?
- Abe peaked in 1917, when 280 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #215 in 1898.
- How many people are named Abe?
- 9,694 babies have been named Abe in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,399 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 38.
- Where is Abe most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Abe was most common in New Jersey, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.