Unisex name · since 1999
Abba
91 babies named Abba in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,998 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,451 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Abba is the #7451 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 91 recorded since 1999.
Abba has 91 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7451 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #17,998 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,451 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 91 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abba ranks #17,998 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,451 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 91 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,998 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,451 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abba's 91 recorded births place it above 60.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Abba compares
91 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Abba's all-time total is 75% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abba | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 91 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Abba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abba's full recorded timeline at 2018, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abba popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Abba popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 1924 (Abba as girls' name)
Abba by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Abba's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Abba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (44% of all-time use).
Abba by state
Where Abba concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 34 | 37.4% |
34 of 91 births nationwide.
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What to do with Abba's data
- Abba's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Abbas (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Abba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.