Boys' name · since 1979
Abed
219 babies named Abed in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,391 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 219
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Abed is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 219 have been recorded since 1979.
Abed has 219 recorded births among boys since 1979, 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 1979 to 2024.
- #12,391 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 219 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abed ranks #12,391 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 219 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,391 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 219
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Abed's 219 recorded births place it above 72.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Abed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Abed's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1995 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Abed popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2024
- Peak year (1995)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Abed by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (76 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Abed's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Abed births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
76 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 76 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Abed's decade-level peak was the 1990s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Abed: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~45 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, 1979–2024 (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 Abed 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.