# Abe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /eɪb/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,694 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,694 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 209, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A shortening from Abraham. In the slang sense for money, refers to the picture of Abraham Lincoln on the currency.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 2,437 |
| 2012 | 49 | 2,517 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,113 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,230 |
| 2015 | 80 | 1,846 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,208 |
| 2017 | 74 | 1,936 |
| 2018 | 81 | 1,856 |
| 2019 | 81 | 1,849 |
| 2020 | 53 | 2,437 |
| 2021 | 64 | 2,195 |
| 2022 | 59 | 2,380 |
| 2023 | 59 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,419 |
| 2025 | 64 | 2,207 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Abe

- Abe Vigoda, American actor (1921–2016)
- Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (1920-1985)
- Abe Wiersma, Dutch rower
- Abe Cunningham, American drummer
- Abe Saperstein, American sports executive and basketball coach
- Abe Laboriel, Jr., American drummer
- Abe Waddington, Cricket player of England. (1893-1959)
- Abe Attell, American boxer
- Abe Burrows, American dramatist and playwright (1910-1985)
- Abe Gubegna, Ethiopian writer (1934–1980)
- Abe Silverstein, American aerospace engineer
- Abe McGregor Goff, American politician and civil servant (1899-1984)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.