How rare is the name Abner?

7,461 people in the United States have the first name Abner, about 1 in 40,481. It ranks #3,002 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ABNER

#3,002

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,461
About
1 in 40,481
This common or more
81.4%
Who bears it

Of the 7,461 people named Abner, 65.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% as White and 8.2% as Black. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Abner peaked in 2024, when 293 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
293
In 2025*
274 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,454 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.

Abner by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #725. The largest share of babies named Abner, 29.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#725264
1890s#1,053207
1900s#1,270215
1910s#1,324683
1920s#1,634691
1930s#2,005419
1940s#2,575328
1950s#3,391266
1960s#3,456305
1970s#4,370276
1980s#3,651454
1990s#3,303727
2000s#2,7031,343
2010s#2,3071,863
2020s#2,0061,413
Before 19015.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.4%
Silent Generation 1928–457.8%
Baby boom 1946–645.8%
Generation X 1965–805%
Millennials 1981–969.6%
Generation Z 1997–1221.8%
2013 and later29.5%

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 Abner is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abner has been most common in Texas (2.5×), California (2.1×), and Pennsylvania (2.1×), and least common in Ohio (0.14×).

4,993 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 Abner

#3,000 Karon · 7,463#3,000 Lani · 7,463#3,003 Essence · 7,458#3,004 Case · 7,457

Also a last name

As a last name, Abner ranks #6,145 of 156,621, with 5,344 people. See Abner as a last name

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