How Many People Are Named Abiel?
people named Abiel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 211,108 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,645 babies named Abiel in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
119 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "God is my father" in Hebrew. This was the name of the grandfather of Saul in the Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Abiel, 1.7% were girls and 98.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Abiel alive today is about 15 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Abiel first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2024, to 119 babies. In 2025, 97 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Abiel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,503, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,688.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,688 |
| Best rank | #1,503 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,284 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Abiel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Abiel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 377 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Abiel was given 4.9 times as often in Texas, 1.9 times in California and 1.4 times in Florida.
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