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Abra

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Abra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
120.00% of girls
Peak year
198365 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1955
1,015people given the name
Babies named Abra, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,015 girls have been named Abra in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 65 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 36%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Abra
1950s22
1960s75
1970s177
1980s368
1990s134
2000s72
2010s90
2020s77

In 1983, its biggest year

Abra was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1983 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 1983.

Names that rose and fell with Abra

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.