Abner
Boy · AB-ner · Hebrew
Abner is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is light”. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 874th for boys in the US (274 babies).
What does Abner mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew Avner
“my father is light”
In the Bible, Abner was the commander of King Saul's army.
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- AB-ner
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Is Abner a girl's or a boy's name?
Abner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 274 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abner in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 106% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Abner, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Abner of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Abner in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
Abner in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
How popular is Abner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #874among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 274about 1 in 6,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 274 boys in the US were named Abner, making it the 874th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 976th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 293 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abner in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 274 | #874 |
| 2024 | 293 | #838 |
| 2023 | 221 | #997 |
| 2022 | 191 | #1,113 |
| 2021 | 215 | #1,023 |
| 2020 | 219 | #976 |
| 2019 | 183 | #1,091 |
| 2018 | 203 | #1,016 |
| 2017 | 195 | #1,029 |
| 2016 | 201 | #1,011 |
| 2015 | 199 | #1,019 |
| 2014 | 202 | #1,012 |
| 2013 | 195 | #1,005 |
| 2012 | 157 | #1,161 |
| 2011 | 166 | #1,108 |
| 2010 | 162 | #1,143 |
| 2009 | 150 | #1,202 |
| 2008 | 149 | #1,188 |
| 2007 | 173 | #1,073 |
| 2006 | 156 | #1,116 |
| 2005 | 132 | #1,200 |
| 2004 | 133 | #1,170 |
| 2003 | 116 | #1,247 |
| 2002 | 115 | #1,201 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,250 |
| 2000 | 113 | #1,194 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,291 |
| 1998 | 68 | #1,555 |
| 1997 | 69 | #1,506 |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,255 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,251 |
| 1994 | 62 | #1,511 |
| 1993 | 65 | #1,439 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1991 | 63 | #1,424 |
| 1990 | 66 | #1,365 |
| 1989 | 55 | #1,487 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,303 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 43 | #1,457 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,469 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 50 | #1,309 |
| 1980 | 41 | #1,496 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 26 | #1,698 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,353 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 33 | #1,387 |
| 1960 | 30 | #1,462 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,363 |
| 1956 | 24 | #1,607 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1952 | 25 | #1,516 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,274 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1947 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,051 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1939 | 34 | #1,103 |
| 1938 | 49 | #897 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,016 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,057 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,059 |
| 1933 | 46 | #926 |
| 1932 | 49 | #924 |
| 1931 | 46 | #974 |
| 1930 | 48 | #976 |
| 1929 | 57 | #878 |
| 1928 | 58 | #872 |
| 1927 | 54 | #937 |
| 1926 | 56 | #894 |
| 1925 | 67 | #809 |
| 1924 | 75 | #778 |
| 1923 | 83 | #711 |
| 1922 | 80 | #737 |
| 1921 | 90 | #682 |
| 1920 | 71 | #792 |
| 1919 | 89 | #649 |
| 1918 | 85 | #674 |
| 1917 | 84 | #650 |
| 1916 | 88 | #620 |
| 1915 | 94 | #587 |
| 1914 | 83 | #539 |
| 1913 | 67 | #523 |
| 1912 | 45 | #608 |
| 1911 | 15 | #855 |
| 1910 | 33 | #480 |
| 1909 | 23 | #545 |
| 1908 | 21 | #553 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | 27 | #410 |
| 1904 | 19 | #492 |
| 1903 | 20 | #470 |
| 1902 | 21 | #460 |
| 1901 | 25 | #371 |
| 1900 | 21 | #518 |
| 1899 | 18 | #438 |
| 1898 | 21 | #435 |
| 1897 | 29 | #346 |
| 1896 | 17 | #500 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 23 | #387 |
| 1893 | 21 | #391 |
| 1892 | 28 | #357 |
| 1891 | 19 | #397 |
| 1890 | 15 | #489 |
| 1889 | 22 | #379 |
| 1888 | 25 | #369 |
| 1887 | 18 | #392 |
| 1886 | 18 | #417 |
| 1885 | 32 | #298 |
| 1884 | 33 | #301 |
| 1883 | 27 | #318 |
| 1882 | 32 | #307 |
| 1881 | 30 | #289 |
| 1880 | 27 | #325 |
Nicknames for Abner
- Ab 5 boys in the US in 2025
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