AB-ner
Abner
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About Abner
The name Abner is currently ranked #874 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #289 in 1881. The name is most popular in ABNER, ABNER, and ABNER.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,012 | 202 | 105.2 |
| 2015 | #1,018 | 199 | 103.8 |
| 2016 | #1,012 | 200 | 105.4 |
| 2017 | #1,029 | 195 | 105.4 |
| 2018 | #1,016 | 203 | 111.8 |
| 2019 | #1,092 | 182 | 101.4 |
| 2020 | #976 | 219 | 126.9 |
| 2021 | #1,021 | 215 | 122.9 |
| 2022 | #1,113 | 191 | 109.4 |
| 2023 | #997 | 221 | 129.2 |
| 2024 | #837 | 293 | 170.1 |
| 2025 | #874 | 274 | 160.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Abners
- Abner Doubleday
U.S. Civil War general; rumored to have invented baseball
- Abner Biberman
American actor and director
- Abner Nash
American politician; 2nd Governor of North Carolina
- Abner Haynes
American NFL football player
- Abner Joseph Mikva
U.S. Congressman and White House counsel
- Abner Frank Dalrymple
American baseball player
- Abner Monroe Perrin
U.S. Civil War general
- Abner Wilcox
American missionary to Hawaii
- (Abner) Linwood Holton Jr.
American politician; 61st Governor of Virginia
Abner in pop culture
- Li'l Abner Yokum
main character in comic strip "Li'l Abner" by Al Capp
- Abner
pet pig on animated series "Hey Arnold!"
- Abner Kravitz
character on TV's "Bewitched"
- Abner Hale
character in James Michener's "Hawaii"
- Abner Ronald Jenkins
character in Marvel Comics
- Abner Brown
character in John Masefield's "The Box of Delights"
Variations & nicknames
- AbIsraeli
- AvnerIsraeli
