NameTides

Abel

Abel was the #231 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,525 babies), and #195 in England & Wales and #359 in Canada.

Abel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Abel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesUSNorthern IrelandCanadaIreland
Abel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#231 (1,525)#195 (261)#190 (22)#270 (6)#432 (8)#359 (92)
2024#220 (1,635)#166 (302)#352 (10)#202 (10)#374 (10)#326 (100)
2023#220 (1,658)#153 (345)#168 (27)#189 (11)#362 (10)#296 (107)
2022#215 (1,769)#171 (300)#191 (23)#147 (16)#329 (13)#218 (154)
2021#195 (1,956)#178 (301)#199 (23)#158 (15)#336 (12)#219 (159)
2020#181 (2,131)#210 (242)#261 (15)#252 (7)#556 (5)#282 (118)
2019#158 (2,469)#224 (226)#278 (14)#226 (9)#506 (6)#286 (116)
2018#146 (2,682)#220 (235)#288 (13)#187 (12)#635 (4)#276 (126)
2017#145 (2,714)#196 (276)#281 (15)#179 (13)#374 (10)#238 (154)
2016#137 (3,045)#227 (247)#315 (12)#253 (7)#601 (4)#203 (183)
2015#124 (3,245)#290 (163)#320 (11)#237 (8)#355 (11)#219 (168)
2014#164 (2,573)#335 (134)#378 (9)#398 (3)#347 (12)#214 (175)
2013#180 (2,238)#379 (107)#687 (3)#398 (3)#338 (12)#279 (118)
2012#192 (1,952)#549 (66)—#273 (6)#500 (6)#362 (82)
2011#238 (1,508)#501 (72)——#455 (7)#491 (55)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #124.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 890common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Abel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Abel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #200WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #231MNIllinois: #212ILMichigan: #301MINew York: #448NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #148NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #246IAIndiana: #188INOhio: #265OHPennsylvania: #324PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #157CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #262CONebraska: #173NEMissouri: #207MOKentucky: #203KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #303VAMaryland: #300MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #165AZNew Mexico: #148NMKansas: #196KSArkansas: #189ARTennessee: #207TNNorth Carolina: #222NCSouth Carolina: #287SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #179OKLouisiana: #239LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #267GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #173TXFlorida: #314FL
Abel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#25320
Ontario2024#37835

Abel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AbelCanadaBoys#35992
AbelEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AbelEngland & WalesBoys#195261
AbelIrelandBoys#4328
AbelNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
AbelScotlandBoys#19022
AbelUSGirls#14,9425
AbelUSBoys#2311,525