Abe
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,207 for boys
Abe is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Abe mean?
Hebrew
A diminutive of the male given name Abraham, from Hebrew.
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Is Abe a girl's or a boy's name?
Abe is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Abe, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Abe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Abe in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Abe, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 280 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abe in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abe in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,345 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 81 | #1,849 |
| 2018 | 81 | #1,855 |
| 2017 | 74 | #1,935 |
| 2016 | 61 | #2,207 |
| 2015 | 80 | #1,846 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,112 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 49 | #2,541 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 44 | #2,658 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,002 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 27 | #2,070 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 34 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,390 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 37 | #1,409 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 34 | #1,453 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 34 | #1,434 |
| 1969 | 31 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 24 | #1,572 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,298 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,271 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,120 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1961 | 63 | #966 |
| 1960 | 60 | #980 |
| 1959 | 65 | #949 |
| 1958 | 63 | #955 |
| 1957 | 66 | #927 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1955 | 60 | #970 |
| 1954 | 58 | #972 |
| 1953 | 57 | #949 |
| 1952 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,069 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,036 |
| 1949 | 62 | #871 |
| 1948 | 51 | #971 |
| 1947 | 56 | #937 |
| 1946 | 53 | #911 |
| 1945 | 58 | #817 |
| 1944 | 58 | #824 |
| 1943 | 55 | #897 |
| 1942 | 63 | #812 |
| 1941 | 66 | #762 |
| 1940 | 54 | #858 |
| 1939 | 56 | #811 |
| 1938 | 55 | #834 |
| 1937 | 63 | #771 |
| 1936 | 71 | #710 |
| 1935 | 59 | #803 |
| 1934 | 76 | #697 |
| 1933 | 67 | #745 |
| 1932 | 83 | #668 |
| 1931 | 78 | #677 |
| 1930 | 86 | #672 |
| 1929 | 62 | #826 |
| 1928 | 88 | #669 |
| 1927 | 140 | #516 |
| 1926 | 135 | #520 |
| 1925 | 116 | #577 |
| 1924 | 174 | #465 |
| 1923 | 173 | #468 |
| 1922 | 176 | #466 |
| 1921 | 231 | #402 |
| 1920 | 207 | #408 |
| 1919 | 264 | #349 |
| 1918 | 256 | #366 |
| 1917 | 280 | #324 |
| 1916 | 260 | #329 |
| 1915 | 272 | #311 |
| 1914 | 225 | #301 |
| 1913 | 202 | #271 |
| 1912 | 172 | #266 |
| 1911 | 94 | #267 |
| 1910 | 74 | #282 |
| 1909 | 67 | #275 |
| 1908 | 57 | #287 |
| 1907 | 65 | #260 |
| 1906 | 50 | #281 |
| 1905 | 65 | #241 |
| 1904 | 52 | #264 |
| 1903 | 58 | #239 |
| 1902 | 54 | #252 |
| 1901 | 48 | #249 |
| 1900 | 56 | #274 |
| 1899 | 39 | #276 |
| 1898 | 67 | #215 |
| 1897 | 58 | #222 |
| 1896 | 51 | #254 |
| 1895 | 54 | #242 |
| 1894 | 50 | #240 |
| 1893 | 43 | #266 |
| 1892 | 53 | #244 |
| 1891 | 40 | #251 |
| 1890 | 49 | #237 |
| 1889 | 39 | #266 |
| 1888 | 46 | #260 |
| 1887 | 37 | #268 |
| 1886 | 50 | #235 |
| 1885 | 47 | #241 |
| 1884 | 45 | #256 |
| 1883 | 43 | #245 |
| 1882 | 50 | #235 |
| 1881 | 36 | #262 |
| 1880 | 50 | #234 |
Names like Abe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Abe
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abe, updated 20 October 2026.