Abe

Popularity Trends

The name Abe is the #2,750 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,568 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 64.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,203 (73.8% percentile) for all time with 9,568 births since 1880.

Abe has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880

For boys, Abe reached its peak popularity in 1917, achieving the 43.8% percentile (ranked #291) with 292 births per million. The name was most common in 1898, with 507 births per million (ranked 26.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Abe ranks #857 for boys (5.9% percentile) with 32 births per million, which is 6.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abe".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births

9,568

Peak Births

280

Peak Year

1917

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

43.8%

Current Percentile

5.9%

Peak Rank

#291

Current Rank

#857

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Abe", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Abe.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Abe's popularity from 1880 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Abe at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Abe range from Gertrude at 98.5% correlation to Catharine at 96.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 97.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Gertrude with 177.6K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Maybelle with 6.3K births (100% girls).

Abe's share of births peaked at 507.2 births per million for boys in 1917. It reached its lowest point of 8.1 births per million (2% of peak) in 1992. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Abe had 32.2 births per million, 6% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Gertrude

177.6k

98.52% (very strong)

Gussie

14.2k

98.01% (very strong)

Celia

56k

97.49% (very strong)

Myrtle

137k

97.46% (very strong)

Sam

127.9k

97.25% (very strong)

Agnes

159.5k

97.11% (very strong)

Maybelle

6,274

97.10% (very strong)

Hester

14.8k

97.08% (very strong)

Blanche

87.6k

97.08% (very strong)

Mae

114.3k

97.01% (very strong)

Alpha

9,888

96.95% (very strong)

Catharine

13k

96.91% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Abe

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Abe. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Abe is pronounced as ayb, which has 1 syllables.

ayb

100.0%

ayb (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

EY1 B

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Abe? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Abe. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Abe, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like EY1 B) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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