How Many People Are Named Abel?
people named Abel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,640 people in the US has this name
Based on 66,198 babies named Abel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
3,255 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name ืึถืึถื (Hevel) or ืึธืึถื (Havel) which meant "breath". In the Old Testament he is the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother Cain. In England, this name came into use during the Middle Ages, and it was common during the Puritan era.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Abel (99.7%) were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Abel alive today is about 21 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 30 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Abel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2015, to 3,255 babies. In 2025, 1,530 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Abel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #124, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #231.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #231 |
| Best rank | #124 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #177 in the 2010s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Abel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Abel were born in California than in any other state: about 13,714 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Abel was given 3.4 times as often in New Mexico, 2.3 times in Texas and 2 times in Arizona.
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