Abe
About Abe
Old-time nickname that's following in the fashionable footsteps of cronies Jake and Sam. Abe feels both fresher and cuter -- which is maybe the same thing? -- than those choices right now. You can also get to Abe via Abel, which may prove a friendlier formal name than the gray-bearded Abraham.
Pronounced AYB.
As of October 2026, Abe ranked #2207 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #215 in 1898.
Editor's take: The name Abe is a boy's name meaning "father of multitudes".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,230 | 60 | 31.2 |
| 2015 | #1,846 | 80 | 41.7 |
| 2016 | #2,208 | 61 | 32.1 |
| 2017 | #1,936 | 74 | 40 |
| 2018 | #1,856 | 81 | 44.6 |
| 2019 | #1,848 | 81 | 45.1 |
| 2020 | #2,437 | 53 | 30.7 |
| 2021 | #2,195 | 64 | 36.6 |
| 2022 | #2,380 | 59 | 33.8 |
| 2023 | #2,344 | 59 | 34.5 |
| 2024 | #2,416 | 57 | 33.1 |
| 2025 | #2,207 | 64 | 37.5 |
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Abe on lists
Famous Abes
- Abraham "Abe" Fortas
U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigoda
American actor
- Abraham Washington "Abe" Attell
American boxer
- Abraham Attell "Abe" Goldstein
American boxer
- Abe Burrows (born Abram Solman Borowitz)
American comedian and director
- Abraham Michael "Abe" Saperstein
English,American owner of the Harlem Globetrotters
- Abe Schmucker
young Amish man on TV's "Breaking Amish"
Abe in pop culture
- Abraham J. "Abe" Simpson
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Abe
character on TV's "Orange Is the New Black"
- Honest Abe
nickname for U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham "Abe" Morgan/Weinraub
roommate and secretly adopted son of immortal M.E. Henry Morgan on Forever