Abel
Abel is ranked 220th among boys in 2024 (1,627 births). Its best rank was 124th, in 2015.
- Rank in 2024
- #220same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,6270.09% of boys
- Peak year
- 20153,244 births
- Best rank
- #124in 2015
- Since 1880
- 64,483people given the name
The story in the numbers
64,483 boys have been named Abel in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 3,244 births — 0.17% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 164 → 220).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 37%. It has spent 144 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Abel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | |
| 1890s | 118 | |
| 1900s | 121 | |
| 1910s | 559 | |
| 1920s | 881 | |
| 1930s | 939 | |
| 1940s | 1,225 | |
| 1950s | 2,088 | |
| 1960s | 2,665 | |
| 1970s | 3,527 | |
| 1980s | 4,730 | |
| 1990s | 6,484 | |
| 2000s | 8,364 | |
| 2010s | 23,545 | |
| 2020s | 9,130 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Abel was the 124th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Abel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tituspeak 2015
- Reidpeak 2014
- Michelangelopeak 2015
- Pattonpeak 2015
- Uriahpeak 2014
- Bensonpeak 2016
- Grahampeak 2024
- Elliotpeak 2022
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.