girls:
67 births since 1918
#5649 (1st percentile)
boys:
711 births since 1889
#3876 (15th percentile)
overall:
778 births since 1889
#6961 (10th percentile)
The name Abie is the #6,961 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 778 recorded births since 1889. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,876 (15.4% percentile) for all time with 711 births since 1889. For girls, it ranks #5,649 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 67 births since 1918.
Abie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1889 (1889 for boys and 1918 for girls). Birth data for Abie is available in 81 out of the 135 years between 1889 and 2023 (79 years for boys and 11 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Abie has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Abie reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #539) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1889, with 42 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Abie ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 18.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Abie reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #939) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abie".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Abie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.2% confident that Abie is pronounced as A-bee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-bee, at 45.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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