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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 Abdullahi with 1,802 cumulative births and a current national rank of #2429. Within the 50 names on this page, 45 are classified as boys' names and 5 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, 22 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 20,160 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 651–700 of 12,534

Sort by: Name (A–Z) Most Popular Current Rank
Name Gender Total Births
Abdullahi Boy 1,802
Abdullateef Boy 13
Abdullatif Boy 54
Abdulloh Boy 246
Abdulmajeed Boy 59
Abdulmajid Boy 21
Abdulmalek Boy 5
Abdulmalik Boy 562
Abdulmannan Boy 5
Abdulmateen Boy 5
Abdulmohsen Boy 21
Abdulnasir Boy 5
Abdulqadir Boy 64
Abdulraheem Boy 168
Abdulrahim Boy 147
Abdulrahman Boy 2,837
Abdulrazak Boy 7
Abdulrazaq Boy 5
Abdulrehman Boy 60
Abdulrhman Boy 28
Abdulsalam Boy 103
Abdulsamad Boy 48
Abdulwadud Boy 5
Abdulwahab Boy 197
Abdulwahhab Boy 5
Abdulwahid Boy 18
Abdulwali Boy 27
Abdumalik Boy 5
Abdur Boy 336
Abdurahim Boy 5
Abdurahman Boy 465
Abdurahmon Boy 31
Abdurraheem Boy 33
Abdurrahim Boy 27
Abdurrahmaan Boy 10
Abdurrahman Boy 1,018
Abdurrehman Boy 36
Abdussamad Boy 6
Abe Boy 9,628
Abeal Boy 5
Abed Boy 219
Abedallah Boy 16
Abedalrahman Boy 11
Abednego Boy 103
Abeeha Girl 274
Abeer Girl 596
Abeer Boy 194
Abeera Girl 105
Abegail Girl 515
Abegale Girl 5

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Compare letter-A names: Abdullahi vs Abdullateef → or pick any two names →

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.