girls:
183 births since 1977
#5533 (3rd percentile)
boys:
50 births since 1980
#4536 (1st percentile)
overall:
233 births since 1977
#7506 (3rd percentile)
The name Abiola is the #7,506 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 233 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,533 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 183 births since 1977. For boys, it ranks #4,536 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 50 births since 1980.
Abiola first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1980 for boys). Birth data for Abiola is available in 30 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (26 years for girls and 9 years for boys). 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 Abiola has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Abiola were girls.
For girls, Abiola reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #953) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Abiola ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 49.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Abiola reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #879) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Abiola is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #910 (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abiola".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Abiola. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.0% confident that Abiola is pronounced as uh-BEE-oh-luh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-bee-OH-luh, at 16.2% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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