Ab
#8,489 most common boys' name of all time · #21,467 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#8,489
Rank overall
#21,467 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
380
Since 2016
18
Peak year
2007 #2,871
Best rank
#881 1885
Girls
Boys
peak 41/yr
Ab is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,036 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,828 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,572 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,668 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,684 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,309 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,708 |
| 2008 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,151 |
| 2007 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,871 |
| 2006 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,310 |
| 2005 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,324 |
| 2004 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,019 |
| 2003 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,534 |
| 2002 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,510 |
| 2001 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,898 |
| 2000 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,397 |
| 1999 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,549 |
| 1997 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,119 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,822 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,209 |
| 1942 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,592 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,385 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,888 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,541 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,757 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,573 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,947 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #979 |
| 1885 | — | 6 | 6 | #881 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | #989 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #922 |