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Names: A

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12,534 names starting with "A"

What the Data Says About Names Starting with A

The Social Security Administration's national baby-name archive contains 12,534 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 Abdala with 6 cumulative births. Within the 50 names on this page, 48 are classified as boys' names and 2 as girls' names in SSA records — reflecting the overall letter-level split for {letter}. 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, 13 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 16,365 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 251 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 551–600 of 12,534

Sort by: Name (A–Z) Most Popular Current Rank
Name Gender Total Births
Abdala Boy 6
Abdalah Boy 6
Abdalla Boy 390
Abdallah Boy 1,591
Abdalrahman Boy 219
Abdalrhman Boy 5
Abdel Boy 815
Abdelaziz Boy 125
Abdelhadi Boy 5
Abdelhamid Boy 5
Abdelkader Boy 5
Abdelkareem Boy 15
Abdelkarim Boy 32
Abdellah Boy 24
Abdelrahman Boy 649
Abdelrhman Boy 6
Abderrahman Boy 5
Abdi Boy 334
Abdi Girl 10
Abdia Girl 5
Abdias Boy 875
Abdiasis Boy 6
Abdiaziz Boy 191
Abdiel Boy 7,249
Abdifatah Boy 278
Abdihafid Boy 38
Abdihakim Boy 65
Abdihamid Boy 10
Abdikadir Boy 185
Abdikarim Boy 33
Abdikhaliq Boy 5
Abdilahi Boy 10
Abdimalik Boy 278
Abdinajib Boy 5
Abdinasir Boy 215
Abdiqani Boy 27
Abdirahim Boy 111
Abdirahin Boy 6
Abdirahman Boy 2,139
Abdirashid Boy 40
Abdirisaq Boy 12
Abdirizak Boy 105
Abdirizaq Boy 5
Abdisalam Boy 5
Abdisalan Boy 11
Abdisamad Boy 28
Abdishakur Boy 69
Abdiwahab Boy 19
Abdiwali Boy 5
Abdo Boy 88

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

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

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.