first name
ABEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 63,705 people named Abel, 71.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 19.3% as White and 5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Abel peaked in 2015, when 3,255 babies got the name.
At least 66,198 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.
Abel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #320. The largest share of babies named Abel, 44.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Abel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abel has been most common in New Mexico (3.4×), Arizona (3×), and Texas (3×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.14×).
62,083 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 Abel
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Abel ranks #2,011 of 156,621, with 17,596 people. See Abel as a last name
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