Abner

Popularity Trends

The name Abner is the #2,866 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,881 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 63.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,250 (72.7% percentile) for all time with 8,881 births since 1880.

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

For boys, Abner reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 23.6% percentile (ranked #689) with 118 births per million. The name was most common in 1881, with 277 births per million (ranked 13.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1986, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Abner ranks #698 for boys (23.4% percentile) with 120 births per million, which is 43.2% of its peak share of births.

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

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births

8,881

Peak Births

219

Peak Year

2020

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

23.6%

Current Percentile

23.4%

Peak Rank

#689

Current Rank

#698

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Abner", 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 Abner.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Abner'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 Abner 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 Abner range from Helena at 94.6% correlation to Lucius at 91.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 92.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Ella with 340.5K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Lucius with 9.8K births (100% boys).

Abner's share of births peaked at 277.1 births per million for boys in 2020. It reached its lowest point of 9.2 births per million (3% of peak) in 1954. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Abner had 119.6 births per million, 43% of its peak popularity.

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

Helena

38.8k

94.55% (very strong)

Sadie

142k

94.33% (very strong)

Lucy

225.9k

93.68% (very strong)

Augustus

20.1k

92.71% (very strong)

Ella

340.5k

92.63% (very strong)

Charley

34.4k

92.57% (very strong)

Daisy

153k

92.35% (very strong)

Mina

18.9k

92.33% (very strong)

Cordelia

12.4k

92.28% (very strong)

Allie

55.3k

91.81% (very strong)

Matilda

35.7k

91.45% (very strong)

Lucius

9,782

91.44% (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 Abner

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

Our model is 100.0% confident that Abner is pronounced as AB-ner, which has 2 syllables.

AB-ner

100.0%

AB-ner (2 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

AE1 B N ER0

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 Abner? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Abner. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Abner, 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 AE1 B N ER0) 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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