NameTides

Ab

Ab was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).

Ab as a boy’s name

  • US
Ab as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Ab as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#12,008 (5)
2021#10,799 (6)
2020#9,554 (7)
2015#10,644 (6)
2013#9,655 (7)
2011#12,287 (5)
2010#10,766 (6)
2009#7,692 (10)
2008#4,145 (24)
2007#2,868 (41)
2006#3,306 (32)
2005#3,319 (30)
2004#3,014 (33)
2003#3,528 (25)
2002#4,502 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1885 at #836.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.