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.

Abiel

#3,534 most common boys' name of all time · #8,622 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1971–2025

Rank among boys
#3,534
Rank overall
#8,622 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,645
Since 2016
627
Peak year
2024 #1,506
Best rank
#1,506 2024
Girls Boys peak 119/yr
198020002020

Abiel first appears in 1971. 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 — 97 97 #1,694
2024 — 119 119 #1,506
2023 — 45 45 #2,824
2022 — 43 43 #2,939
2021 — 38 38 #3,147
2020 — 40 40 #2,951
2019 — 55 55 #2,439
2018 — 55 55 #2,401
2017 5 67 72 #2,079
2016 — 63 63 #2,173
2015 — 71 71 #2,028
2014 — 50 50 #2,502
2013 5 65 70 #2,078
2012 6 53 59 #2,397
2011 — 47 47 #2,612
2010 — 51 51 #2,447
2009 — 50 50 #2,544
2008 7 40 47 #2,974
2007 5 57 62 #2,295
2006 — 51 51 #2,427
2005 — 23 23 #4,000
2004 — 31 31 #3,187
2003 — 28 28 #3,322
2002 — 30 30 #3,063
2001 — 17 17 #4,564
2000 — 22 22 #3,698
1999 — 26 26 #3,145
1998 — 28 28 #2,898
1997 — 21 21 #3,402
1996 — 22 22 #3,255
1995 — 13 13 #4,653
1994 — 15 15 #4,195
1993 — 14 14 #4,352
1992 — 26 26 #2,722
1991 — 10 10 #5,313
1990 — 14 14 #4,085
1989 — 9 9 #5,405
1988 — 11 11 #4,355
1987 — 11 11 #4,154
1986 — 11 11 #4,051
1985 — 7 7 #5,529
1984 — 6 6 #6,012
1983 — 5 5 #6,821
1982 — 7 7 #5,381
1981 — 6 6 #5,946
1980 — 8 8 #4,799
1979 — 8 8 #4,715
1977 — 5 5 #6,470
1976 — 5 5 #6,122
1975 — 6 6 #5,296
1973 — 5 5 #5,666
1972 — 5 5 #5,575
1971 — 5 5 #5,527