Abe

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Abe: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Abe: Recorded every year since 1998, its highest recorded position is #1,664, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1664highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
1999	#1664
2000	#2142
2001	#1949
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2004	#1732
2005	#3208
2006	#2282
2007	#3095
2008	#2775
2009	#3227
2010	#2400
2011	#2194
2012	#1852
2013	#2055
2014	#1935
2015	#2020
2016	#1903
2017	#1812
2018	#2259
2019	#3013
2020	#2076
2021	#2301
2022	#4001
2023	#2325
2024	#2671

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2419 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1664 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Abe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Abe in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	2 of 10	6
2000s	53	10 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	101	10 of 10	10
2020s	40	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Abe appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1664 in England and Wales in 1999.

Abe's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2259	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2400	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,664, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
27 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Jelani · #1664, 25y
Zuhayr · #1664, 24y
Jaiya · #1665, 25y
Zareen · #1665, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jelani · #1664, 25y
Zuhayr · #1664, 24y
Zareen · #1665, 22y
Chava · #1666, 28y

Abe and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Abe without appearing here.

Abe moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3227 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Espen Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Abe

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1732 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1190.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2400 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1812 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2259 and #1786.

Moved the opposite way to Abe

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abe went from #1664 to #2671 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abe went from #1664 to #2671 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abe went from #1664 to #2671 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Leif Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abe went from #1664 to #2671 while Leif went from #2943 to #814.

Moved the same way as Abe

Arne Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abe went from #1664 to #2671 and Arne from #2425 to #3688.
Madison Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abe went from #1664 to #2671 and Madison from #1505 to #3688.
Brent Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Abe went from #2419 to #4001 and Brent from #571 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Abe went from #2419 to #4001 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1664 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abe

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Popularity journey

Abe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Abe at a glance

Abe by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Abe appears in

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Abe and the names beside it

Abe moved ahead of

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