Abel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #441 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,530 babies. Abel first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2015 (3,255 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,530 | #441 |
| 2024 | 1,643 | #421 |
| 2023 | 1,663 | #409 |
| 2022 | 1,776 | #389 |
| 2021 | 1,968 | #347 |
| 2020 | 2,131 | #321 |
| 2019 | 2,469 | #292 |
| 2018 | 2,693 | #268 |
| 2017 | 2,714 | #270 |
| 2016 | 3,051 | #246 |
| 2015 | 3,255 | #222 |
| 2014 | 2,573 | #300 |
| 2013 | 2,245 | #323 |
| 2012 | 1,952 | #359 |
| 2011 | 1,516 | #449 |
| 2010 | 1,128 | #594 |
| 2009 | 969 | #672 |
| 2008 | 864 | #744 |
| 2007 | 940 | #696 |
| 2006 | 924 | #696 |
| 2005 | 855 | #714 |
| 2004 | 797 | #741 |
| 2003 | 760 | #752 |
| 2002 | 775 | #726 |
| 2001 | 733 | #756 |
| 2000 | 763 | #729 |
| 1999 | 711 | #751 |
| 1998 | 668 | #780 |
| 1997 | 718 | #727 |
| 1996 | 606 | #800 |
| 1995 | 717 | #706 |
| 1994 | 584 | #829 |
| 1993 | 625 | #777 |
| 1992 | 631 | #778 |
| 1991 | 623 | #782 |
| 1990 | 613 | #800 |
| 1989 | 549 | #841 |
| 1988 | 519 | #821 |
| 1987 | 463 | #876 |
| 1986 | 487 | #829 |
| 1985 | 462 | #845 |
| 1984 | 426 | #867 |
| 1983 | 435 | #844 |
| 1982 | 468 | #820 |
| 1981 | 485 | #801 |
| 1980 | 479 | #808 |
| 1979 | 434 | #847 |
| 1978 | 371 | #905 |
| 1977 | 347 | #949 |
| 1976 | 395 | #860 |
| 1975 | 387 | #866 |
| 1974 | 330 | #937 |
| 1973 | 361 | #886 |
| 1972 | 321 | #960 |
| 1971 | 310 | #1,014 |
| 1970 | 283 | #1,071 |
| 1969 | 277 | #1,034 |
| 1968 | 267 | #1,030 |
| 1967 | 251 | #1,056 |
| 1966 | 256 | #1,052 |
| 1965 | 283 | #1,010 |
| 1964 | 273 | #1,060 |
| 1963 | 272 | #1,072 |
| 1962 | 258 | #1,096 |
| 1961 | 281 | #1,055 |
| 1960 | 247 | #1,127 |
| 1959 | 226 | #1,162 |
| 1958 | 241 | #1,114 |
| 1957 | 236 | #1,116 |
| 1956 | 215 | #1,147 |
| 1955 | 215 | #1,116 |
| 1954 | 223 | #1,076 |
| 1953 | 217 | #1,067 |
| 1952 | 162 | #1,224 |
| 1951 | 183 | #1,122 |
| 1950 | 170 | #1,151 |
| 1949 | 161 | #1,162 |
| 1948 | 151 | #1,190 |
| 1947 | 146 | #1,227 |
| 1946 | 117 | #1,313 |
| 1945 | 113 | #1,219 |
| 1944 | 118 | #1,209 |
| 1943 | 92 | #1,425 |
| 1942 | 105 | #1,313 |
| 1941 | 121 | #1,153 |
| 1940 | 101 | #1,249 |
| 1939 | 95 | #1,263 |
| 1938 | 87 | #1,341 |
| 1937 | 91 | #1,287 |
| 1936 | 75 | #1,418 |
| 1935 | 92 | #1,267 |
| 1934 | 93 | #1,270 |
| 1933 | 96 | #1,227 |
| 1932 | 95 | #1,267 |
| 1931 | 93 | #1,272 |
| 1930 | 122 | #1,139 |
| 1929 | 96 | #1,303 |
| 1928 | 85 | #1,402 |
| 1927 | 79 | #1,502 |
| 1926 | 101 | #1,309 |
| 1925 | 83 | #1,483 |
| 1924 | 110 | #1,293 |
| 1923 | 73 | #1,587 |
| 1922 | 91 | #1,421 |
| 1921 | 84 | #1,484 |
| 1920 | 79 | #1,531 |
| 1919 | 91 | #1,356 |
| 1918 | 76 | #1,539 |
| 1917 | 86 | #1,381 |
| 1916 | 62 | #1,615 |
| 1915 | 64 | #1,548 |
| 1914 | 51 | #1,524 |
| 1913 | 48 | #1,380 |
| 1912 | 40 | #1,438 |
| 1911 | 30 | #1,324 |
| 1910 | 11 | #2,282 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,646 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,689 |
| 1907 | 10 | #2,059 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,857 |
| 1905 | 6 | #2,604 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,860 |
| 1903 | 14 | #1,500 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,722 |
| 1901 | 13 | #1,454 |
| 1900 | 15 | #1,587 |
| 1899 | 15 | #1,331 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,765 |
| 1897 | 12 | #1,527 |
| 1896 | 15 | #1,366 |
| 1895 | 6 | #2,266 |
| 1894 | 15 | #1,299 |
| 1893 | 13 | #1,349 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,807 |
| 1891 | 10 | #1,474 |
| 1890 | 14 | #1,246 |
| 1889 | 9 | #1,539 |
| 1888 | 8 | #1,669 |
| 1887 | 11 | #1,251 |
| 1886 | 16 | #1,017 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,707 |
| 1884 | 14 | #1,070 |
| 1883 | 12 | #1,092 |
| 1882 | 10 | #1,221 |
| 1881 | 12 | #1,006 |
| 1880 | 9 | #1,234 |