How Many People Are Named Abe?
people named Abe are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 102,638 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,694 babies named Abe in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
280 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Abe in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Abe alive today is about 38 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Abe first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1917, to 280 babies. In 2025, 64 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Abe has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #215, in 1898. In 2025 it ranked #2,207.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,207 |
| Best rank | #215 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #317 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Abe alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Abe were born in New York than in any other state: about 453 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Abe was given 4.7 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in Mississippi and 2.2 times in Louisiana.
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