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Names: A

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10,504 names starting with "A"

What the Data Says About Names Starting with A

The Social Security Administration's national baby-name archive contains 10,504 distinct names beginning with the letter A, out of roughly 104,000 total names tracked since 1880. On this page (sorted by name), the leading entry is Abdulah with 75 cumulative births. All 50 names on this page are classified as boys' names in SSA records. Every name shown has appeared five or more times in at least one year of SSA data, rarer spellings fall below the disclosure threshold and are not included.

Of the 50 names displayed, 29 currently rank within SSA's annual top 1,000 for their gender, making them actively popular rather than historical-only entries. Combined, these 50 names represent 21,405 births across all years of the SSA archive. Letter-level patterns reveal broader naming conventions: some letters (J, M, S) dominate both boys' and girls' name distributions, while others (U, Y, Q, X, Z) are comparatively rare starting letters in English naming traditions. The distribution of names starting with A reflects both the English-language convention inherited from the Anglo-American majority and the steady contribution of international names (Spanish, Arabic, Asian, African origins) added to the U.S. naming pool over the past century.

All figures on this page derive from publicly released SSA baby-name files, which record the first name on every Social Security card application for U.S. births. Names are tracked by exact spelling, so homophones and near-variants (Sarah and Sara, Aiden and Ayden) count as separate entries; combining them would substantially change the ordering. Peak-year and rank data are drawn from the same SSA files and reflect name-year records with five or more occurrences. This listing is paginated in groups of 50 - across all letter-A names, there are 211 total pages at this sort order. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Showing 501–550 of 10,504

Sort by: Name (A–Z) Most Popular Current Rank
Name Gender Total Births
Abdulah Boy 75
Abdulahad Boy 178
Abdulahi Boy 494
Abdulai Boy 108
Abdulaye Boy 10
Abdulazeem Boy 10
Abdulazeez Boy 35
Abdulaziz Boy 1,727
Abdulbari Boy 10
Abdulbasit Boy 49
Abdulelah Boy 44
Abdulghani Boy 16
Abdulhaadi Boy 10
Abdulhadi Boy 221
Abdulhakeem Boy 72
Abdulhakim Boy 28
Abdulhaleem Boy 5
Abdulhameed Boy 21
Abdulhamid Boy 123
Abduljabbar Boy 44
Abdulkabir Boy 10
Abdulkadir Boy 151
Abdulkareem Boy 254
Abdulkarim Boy 214
Abdulkhaliq Boy 18
Abdulla Boy 530
Abdullah Boy 9,383
Abdullahi Boy 1,843
Abdullateef Boy 13
Abdullatif Boy 54
Abdulloh Boy 273
Abdulmajeed Boy 65
Abdulmajid Boy 21
Abdulmalik Boy 576
Abdulmohsen Boy 21
Abdulqadir Boy 72
Abdulraheem Boy 182
Abdulrahim Boy 153
Abdulrahman Boy 2,947
Abdulrazak Boy 7
Abdulrehman Boy 60
Abdulrhman Boy 28
Abdulsalam Boy 110
Abdulsamad Boy 48
Abdulwahab Boy 204
Abdulwahid Boy 18
Abdulwali Boy 33
Abdumalik Boy 10
Abdur Boy 347
Abdurahman Boy 480

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology, names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a year are excluded for privacy.