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How popular is the name Abel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Abels are alive today.
Abel (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 195th in 2025 with 261 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2023, when 345 babies were given the name, the 153rd most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The Abel you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Abels born in England and Wales are between 4 and 11, and there are at least 3,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Abel.
How many babies are named Abel each year?
Where does Abel rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Abel most popular?
Abel peaked in 2023, when 345 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Abel?
At least 3,700 people named Abel born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Abel?
Most living Abels are between 4 and 11; the most common age is about 3.
Is Abel becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.