Abeni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-BEH-nee
- Origin
- Yoruba
Abeni is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “we asked for her, and she came”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Abeni mean?
Yoruba
“we asked for her, and she came”
A Yoruba name for a much-wanted daughter, expressing that the family prayed for her and received her.
Is Abeni a girl's or a boy's name?
Abeni is a girls' name.
How popular is Abeni in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Abeni in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abeni in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Abeni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amari, Demi, Imani, Nyomi, Anahi, Amani, Nayeli, Armani, Addison, Zuri, Aaliyah, Abigail
Names related to Abeni
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Iremide, Araoluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba
Sources
Figures from 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, “Abeni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abeni, updated 20 October 2026.