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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 Abdon with 359 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, 21 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 22,362 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 601–650 of 12,534

Sort by: Name (A–Z) Most Popular Current Rank
Name Gender Total Births
Abdon Boy 359
Abdou Boy 306
Abdoul Boy 569
Abdoulaye Boy 912
Abdoulaziz Boy 10
Abdoulie Boy 125
Abdourahman Boy 11
Abdourahmane Boy 52
Abdrahman Boy 15
Abdrew Boy 6
Abdriel Boy 33
Abdu Boy 32
Abdual Boy 17
Abduallah Boy 32
Abduel Boy 5
Abdul Boy 6,444
Abdula Boy 39
Abdulah Boy 75
Abdulahad Boy 160
Abdulahi Boy 494
Abdulai Boy 108
Abdulaye Boy 10
Abdulazeem Boy 10
Abdulazeez Boy 35
Abdulazim Boy 5
Abdulaziz Boy 1,679
Abdulbari Boy 10
Abdulbasit Boy 42
Abdule Boy 6
Abdulelah Boy 44
Abdulghani Boy 16
Abdulhaadi Boy 10
Abdulhadi Boy 207
Abdulhakeem Boy 72
Abdulhakim Boy 23
Abdulhaleem Boy 5
Abdulhalim Boy 5
Abdulhameed Boy 21
Abdulhamid Boy 111
Abduljabbar Boy 39
Abduljaleel Boy 5
Abduljalil Boy 5
Abdulkabir Boy 10
Abdulkadir Boy 151
Abdulkareem Boy 244
Abdulkarim Boy 206
Abdulkhaliq Boy 18
Abdull Boy 5
Abdulla Boy 519
Abdullah Boy 9,045

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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.