Abu
#7,556 most common boys' name of all time · #19,037 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among boys
#7,556
Rank overall
#19,037 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
468
Since 2016
101
Peak year
2007 #5,287
Best rank
#3,663 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Abu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,680 |
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,904 |
| 2023 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,429 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,910 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,957 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,930 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,117 |
| 2018 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,623 |
| 2017 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,817 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,586 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,827 |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,895 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,020 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,169 |
| 2011 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,030 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,321 |
| 2009 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,198 |
| 2008 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,869 |
| 2007 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,287 |
| 2006 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,605 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,012 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,174 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,423 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,523 |
| 2001 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,626 |
| 2000 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,404 |
| 1999 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,232 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,503 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,786 |
| 1996 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,732 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,289 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,150 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,916 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,720 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,555 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,942 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,006 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,523 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,332 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,807 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,046 |
| 1981 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,280 |
| 1980 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,780 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,705 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,458 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,797 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,281 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,663 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,936 |