Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Abdel

#5,379 most common boys' name of all time · #13,368 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1965–2025

Rank among boys
#5,379
Rank overall
#13,368 of 105,966
First appeared
1965
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
829
Since 2016
307
Peak year
2017 #2,772
Best rank
#2,772 2017
Girls Boys peak 44/yr
198020002020

Abdel first appears in 1965. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 14 14 #6,214
2024 — 24 24 #4,353
2023 — 21 21 #4,780
2022 — 27 27 #4,025
2021 — 40 40 #3,038
2020 — 37 37 #3,096
2019 — 38 38 #3,119
2018 — 43 43 #2,814
2017 — 44 44 #2,772
2016 — 19 19 #4,996
2015 — 17 17 #5,357
2014 — 9 9 #8,276
2013 — 19 19 #4,861
2012 — 14 14 #6,067
2011 — 20 20 #4,705
2010 — 20 20 #4,727
2009 — 16 16 #5,615
2008 — 26 26 #3,963
2007 — 20 20 #4,687
2006 — 9 9 #8,169
2005 — 19 19 #4,519
2004 — 14 14 #5,605
2003 — 13 13 #5,658
2002 — 19 19 #4,234
2001 — 18 18 #4,363
2000 — 21 21 #3,837
1999 — 12 12 #5,425
1998 — 16 16 #4,274
1997 — 17 17 #3,950
1996 — 8 8 #6,693
1995 — 8 8 #6,607
1994 — 8 8 #6,592
1993 — 10 10 #5,533
1992 — 12 12 #4,690
1991 — 13 13 #4,339
1990 — 18 18 #3,389
1989 — 8 8 #5,896
1988 — 16 16 #3,288
1986 — 8 8 #5,093
1985 — 6 6 #6,099
1984 — 5 5 #6,745
1983 — 7 7 #5,177
1982 — 10 10 #4,138
1981 — 7 7 #5,242
1980 — 8 8 #4,744
1979 — 11 11 #3,741
1978 — 6 6 #5,445
1977 — 6 6 #5,512
1975 — 5 5 #5,915
1971 — 5 5 #5,424
1968 — 8 8 #3,357
1966 — 5 5 #4,476
1965 — 5 5 #4,374