Able is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #10662 for boy births in the United States, given to 19 babies. Able first appears in the data in 1912 and reached its peak in 2014 (45 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #10,662 |
| 2024 | 18 | #11,128 |
| 2023 | 14 | #13,125 |
| 2022 | 33 | #7,482 |
| 2021 | 31 | #7,683 |
| 2020 | 30 | #7,745 |
| 2019 | 22 | #9,680 |
| 2018 | 35 | #7,059 |
| 2017 | 34 | #7,257 |
| 2016 | 40 | #6,519 |
| 2015 | 41 | #6,407 |
| 2014 | 45 | #6,019 |
| 2013 | 41 | #6,358 |
| 2012 | 33 | #7,509 |
| 2011 | 33 | #7,474 |
| 2010 | 22 | #10,027 |
| 2009 | 24 | #9,556 |
| 2008 | 19 | #11,311 |
| 2007 | 26 | #9,002 |
| 2006 | 14 | #13,522 |
| 2005 | 15 | #12,286 |
| 2004 | 14 | #12,696 |
| 2003 | 12 | #13,772 |
| 2002 | 9 | #16,441 |
| 2001 | 11 | #14,091 |
| 2000 | 16 | #10,669 |
| 1999 | 15 | #10,631 |
| 1998 | 12 | #12,199 |
| 1997 | 17 | #9,197 |
| 1996 | 8 | #15,135 |
| 1995 | 10 | #12,840 |
| 1994 | 10 | #12,872 |
| 1992 | 8 | #14,680 |
| 1991 | 11 | #11,639 |
| 1990 | 8 | #14,173 |
| 1989 | 15 | #8,754 |
| 1988 | 8 | #12,692 |
| 1987 | 10 | #10,425 |
| 1986 | 6 | #14,324 |
| 1984 | 8 | #11,155 |
| 1983 | 11 | #8,915 |
| 1982 | 10 | #9,725 |
| 1981 | 14 | #7,608 |
| 1980 | 13 | #8,068 |
| 1979 | 11 | #8,827 |
| 1978 | 6 | #12,668 |
| 1976 | 7 | #10,927 |
| 1975 | 13 | #7,108 |
| 1974 | 10 | #8,182 |
| 1973 | 6 | #11,083 |
| 1972 | 11 | #7,354 |
| 1971 | 9 | #8,363 |
| 1969 | 6 | #9,813 |
| 1967 | 8 | #7,454 |
| 1964 | 6 | #8,974 |
| 1962 | 5 | #9,867 |
| 1961 | 8 | #7,446 |
| 1960 | 9 | #6,833 |
| 1959 | 8 | #7,137 |
| 1958 | 7 | #7,610 |
| 1957 | 5 | #9,336 |
| 1956 | 6 | #8,241 |
| 1955 | 6 | #8,134 |
| 1952 | 8 | #6,556 |
| 1951 | 9 | #6,009 |
| 1949 | 8 | #6,316 |
| 1943 | 6 | #6,918 |
| 1942 | 6 | #6,840 |
| 1938 | 5 | #7,346 |
| 1932 | 6 | #6,811 |
| 1930 | 8 | #5,987 |
| 1927 | 8 | #6,270 |
| 1923 | 6 | #7,677 |
| 1922 | 6 | #7,776 |
| 1921 | 5 | #8,740 |
| 1920 | 12 | #4,993 |
| 1919 | 5 | #8,374 |
| 1918 | 12 | #4,874 |
| 1917 | 8 | #6,011 |
| 1912 | 5 | #5,537 |