first name
ABE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,258 people named Abe, 62.9% reported their origin as White, 14.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.5% as Black. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Abe peaked in 1917, when 280 babies got the name.
At least 9,694 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Abe by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #547. The largest share of babies named Abe, 40.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Abe is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abe has been most common in New York (5.5×), Mississippi (3.4×), and Alabama (2.4×), and least common in Michigan (0.22×).
4,203 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Abe
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abe, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Abe ranks #10,505 of 156,621, with 2,914 people. See Abe as a last name
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