Girls' name · since 1990
Abcde
415 babies named Abcde in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 415
- total births
- 1990–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
Abcde is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 415 have been recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Abcde recorded 415 times among girls since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2023.
- 415 total births
- 1990–2023 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
415 girls have been named Abcde since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 415
- total births
- 1990–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Abcde was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Abcde in 2009 - its busiest year on record.
Abcde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abcde's full recorded timeline at 2009, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abcde at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Abcde popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2023
- Peak year (2009)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
415 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 33 births in a single year.
Abcde by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Abcde's strongest decade.
215 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Abcde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 34
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
215 births
- 2010s
2010s
146 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 215 births (52% of all-time use).
Abcde decade highlights
- Peak decade 215 births
- Runner-up 146 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Abcde by state
Where Abcde concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
Top 5 states
- Texas 54.5% of nationwide
- Hawaii 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 54.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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What to do with Abcde's data
- Abcde's decade-level peak was the 2000s (215 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Abcdes (226 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1990–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Abcde: Baby Name Since 1990 - 415 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/abcde. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Abcde 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 June 2026.
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