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How popular is the name Abu?
Births per year, rank history and how many Abus are alive today.
Abu (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 679th in 2025 with 53 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2014, when 70 babies were given the name, the 534th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 903 in 2015 before climbing back to the 679th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Abu you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Abus born in England and Wales are between 9 and 25, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Abu - on average, only one in every 202 such rooms contains a Abu.
How many babies are named Abu each year?
Where does Abu 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 Abu most popular?
Abu peaked in 2014, when 70 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Abu?
At least 1,500 people named Abu born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Abu?
Most living Abus are between 9 and 25; the most common age is about 13.
Is Abu becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.