NameTides

Abe

Abe was the #2,207 boys' name in the US in 2025 (64 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Abe as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Abe as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Abe as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,207 (64)#4,275 (4)—#1,804 (11)
2024#2,418 (57)#2,672 (8)—#2,062 (9)
2023#2,346 (59)#2,326 (9)—#1,947 (9)
2022#2,379 (59)#4,002 (4)——
2021#2,193 (64)#2,301 (9)—#1,898 (9)
2020#2,437 (53)#2,076 (10)——
2019#1,849 (81)#3,013 (6)#701 (3)#1,530 (12)
2018#1,856 (81)#2,259 (9)—#2,740 (5)
2017#1,935 (74)#1,812 (13)#733 (3)—
2016#2,207 (61)#1,903 (12)—#2,718 (5)
2015#1,846 (80)#2,020 (11)—#2,715 (5)
2014#2,230 (60)#1,935 (11)—#2,371 (6)
2013#2,113 (63)#2,055 (10)—#1,771 (9)
2012#2,517 (49)#1,852 (12)——
2011#2,437 (51)#2,194 (9)—#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1898 at #215.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 27,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Abe is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 29,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 33,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Abe by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Abe (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AbeCanadaBoys#1,80411
AbeEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
AbeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AbeScotlandBoys—too few
AbeUSBoys#2,20764