Able
#4,496 most common boys' name of all time · #11,040 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#4,496
Rank overall
#11,040 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
1,115
Since 2016
276
Peak year
2014 #2,669
Best rank
#2,494 1918
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Able first appears in 1912. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,061 |
| 2024 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,264 |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,249 |
| 2022 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,476 |
| 2021 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,597 |
| 2020 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,578 |
| 2019 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,495 |
| 2018 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,257 |
| 2017 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,319 |
| 2016 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,943 |
| 2015 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2014 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,669 |
| 2013 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,813 |
| 2012 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2011 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,314 |
| 2010 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,380 |
| 2009 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,173 |
| 2008 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,922 |
| 2007 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,907 |
| 2006 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,814 |
| 2005 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,306 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,539 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,915 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,115 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,058 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,603 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,567 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,208 |
| 1997 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,904 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,559 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,554 |
| 1994 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,511 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,199 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,820 |
| 1990 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,907 |
| 1989 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,661 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,290 |
| 1987 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,308 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,046 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,638 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1982 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,026 |
| 1981 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,086 |
| 1980 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,298 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,627 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,178 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,536 |
| 1975 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,960 |
| 1974 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,397 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,638 |
| 1972 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,052 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,460 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,064 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,084 |
| 1964 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,744 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,207 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,196 |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,964 |
| 1959 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,142 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,147 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,651 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,987 |
| 1951 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,749 |
| 1949 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,918 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,368 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,365 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,719 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,532 |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,164 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,279 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,965 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,984 |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,470 |
| 1920 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,550 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,337 |
| 1918 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,494 |
| 1917 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,080 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,717 |