# Abu (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abu/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 468 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 468 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,331, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 14 | 5,952 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,062 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8,797 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,652 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,586 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,216 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,691 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8,901 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,748 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,732 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,773 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,268 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,775 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,610 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 43 | 754 |
| 2013 | 43 | 751 |
| 2014 | 70 | 534 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 47 | 730 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 37 | 825 |
| 2020 | 53 | 651 |
| 2021 | 43 | 771 |
| 2022 | 40 | 799 |
| 2023 | 45 | 738 |
| 2024 | 57 | 651 |
| 2025 | 53 | 679 |

## People named Abu

- Abu Talib, American guitarist; born Fred Leroy Robinson (1939–2009)

## 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.