Absalom
#11,500 most common boys' name of all time · #29,385 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2024
Rank among boys
#11,500
Rank overall
#29,385 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
208
Since 2016
59
Peak year
1990 #5,194
Best rank
#4,553 1974
Girls
Boys
peak 10/yr
Absalom 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,908 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,976 |
| 2022 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,167 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,526 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,804 |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,077 |
| 2018 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,003 |
| 2017 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,726 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,831 |
| 2014 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,990 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,520 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,108 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,048 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,782 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,725 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,488 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,141 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,090 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,689 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,171 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,474 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,372 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,664 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,194 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,420 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,518 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,938 |
| 1979 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,641 |
| 1978 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,890 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,553 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,836 |