Abilene
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Abilene
Abilene is a rarely used place name, mentioned as such in the New Testament, that combines the cowboy spunk of the Texas city with the midwestern morality of the Kansas town where Dwight D. Eisenhower spent his boyhood. Abilene is a much more untrodden path to the nickname Abbie/Abbie than the Top 10 Abigail.
Abilene for girls#2064 US
In 1857, Eliza Hersey named the frontier village of Abilene, Kansas after a vast plain described in Luke's gospel.
Abilene is the title of a Sheryl Crow song, and the book The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo features a sweet character named Abilene.
Abilene for boys
New Testament, Texas, and Kansas place-name more fitting for a girl.
Pronounced AB-uh-leen.
As of October 2026, Abilene ranked #2064 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1934 in 2024.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,326 | 48 | 26.9 |
| 2015 | #2,588 | 69 | 38.7 |
| 2016 | #2,084 | 94 | 53 |
| 2017 | #2,161 | 88 | 51 |
| 2018 | #2,557 | 68 | 40 |
| 2019 | #2,399 | 74 | 44.1 |
| 2020 | #2,888 | 56 | 34.6 |
| 2021 | #2,606 | 66 | 40.2 |
| 2022 | #2,688 | 64 | 39 |
| 2023 | #2,192 | 86 | 53.6 |
| 2024 | #1,934 | 102 | 63 |
| 2025 | #2,064 | 91 | 56.6 |
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Abilene in pop culture
- AbileneGirl
Texas
- AbileneGirl
Kansas, where Dwight D. Eisenhower grew up
- "17 in AbileneGirl
" song by country music singer Katie Armiger
- AbileneGirl
main character in Newbery,Medal winning novel "Moon over Manifest"
- Abilene TulaneGirl
character in "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane"
- Aibileen Clark (note different spelling)Girl
African American maid in Kathryn Stockett's novel and the film "The Help"
- SongGirl
Abilene ~ lyrics and song by Hunter Metts
- AbileneGirl
'Abilene' by George Hamilton IV: "Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town I've ever seen. Women there don't treat you mean. In Abilene, my Abilene..."