Abena — #8520 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Abena

The Social Security Administration has registered 656 babies named Abena between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abena currently holds the #8520 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Abena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 74 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Abena in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 656 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.