Abner

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Abner is ranked 837th among boys in 2024 (293 births). Its best rank was 289th, in 1881.

Rank in 2024: #837up 160 from 2023
Births in 2024: 2930.02% of boys
Peak year: 2024293 births
Best rank: #289in 1881
Since 1880: 9,178people given the name

Babies named Abner, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

9,178 boys have been named Abner in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 293 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 58 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Abner
1880s	264
1890s	207
1900s	215
1910s	683
1920s	691
1930s	419
1940s	328
1950s	266
1960s	305
1970s	276
1980s	454
1990s	727
2000s	1,343
2010s	1,861
2020s	1,139

In 2024, its biggest year

Abner was the 837th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Abner

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.