Boys' name · since 1915
Abdon
359 babies named Abdon in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,608 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 359
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Abdon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 359 have been recorded since 1915.
Abdon has 359 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2015.
- #9,608 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 359 born since 1915
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abdon ranks #9,608 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 359 born since 1915, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,608 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 359
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Abdon's 359 recorded births place it above 78.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Abdon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abdon's full recorded timeline at 1983, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abdon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2015
- Peak year (1975)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Abdon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (68 births, 19% of the file).
1990s was Abdon's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Abdon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 23
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
29 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 68 births (19% of all-time use).
Abdon by state
Where Abdon concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 17 | 4.7% |
| #2 | California | | 11 | 3.1% |
17 of 359 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Abdon's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (68 total births) through the 2010s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Abdons (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Abdon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1915–2015 (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 Abdon 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.