Able is a rare variant of Abel that peaked in 2014 and has grown less common since.
Able is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,046 for boy births in the United States (and #10,634 across all names), given to 19 babies. Able first appears in 1912 and peaked in 2014 (45 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | #5,046 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | #5,242 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #6,223 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | #3,465 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | #3,583 |
| 2020 | 30 | 30 | #3,571 |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 | #4,483 |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | #3,241 |
| 2017 | 34 | 34 | #3,313 |
| 2016 | 40 | 40 | #2,936 |
| 2015 | 41 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 2014 | 45 | 45 | #2,661 |
| 2013 | 41 | 41 | #2,804 |
| 2012 | 33 | 33 | #3,299 |
| 2011 | 33 | 33 | #3,310 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #4,367 |
| 2009 | 24 | 24 | #4,160 |
| 2008 | 19 | 19 | #4,901 |
| 2007 | 26 | 26 | #3,894 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | #5,787 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | #5,285 |
| 2004 | 14 | 14 | #5,495 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | #5,879 |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #7,057 |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | #6,014 |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | #4,575 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #4,537 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | #5,162 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | #3,880 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #6,499 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #5,504 |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #5,454 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | #6,129 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #4,762 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #5,827 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #3,619 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #5,203 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #4,241 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #5,930 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #4,555 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #3,630 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | #3,967 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #3,030 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #3,256 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #3,570 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | #5,065 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #4,423 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #2,903 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #3,319 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,507 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #2,991 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | #3,370 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #3,936 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #2,985 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,601 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,033 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,098 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #2,871 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #3,038 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,275 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #3,993 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,538 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,506 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | #2,875 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #2,662 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #2,803 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #3,233 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,212 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #3,534 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,361 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,022 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,151 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #3,823 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #3,874 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #4,323 |
| 1920 | 12 | — | #2,459 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #4,169 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | #2,398 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #2,956 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #2,544 |