Girls' name · since 1971
Abena
Abena has 672 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,220 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 672
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
672 babies have been named Abena since 1971, making it today's #7220 girls' name.
Abena has 672 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7220 as of the latest data, more common than 58% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #9,780 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,220 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 672 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abena ranks #9,780 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,220 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 672 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,220 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 672
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Abena's 672 recorded births place it above 86.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Abena compares
672 Top 39% higher than 61% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Abena's all-time total is 79% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 672 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Abena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Abena splits its recorded history at 2000: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Abena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Abena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (174 births, 26% of the file).
2000s was Abena's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Abena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
109 births
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
109 births
- 2000s
2000s
174 births
- 2010s
2010s
131 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 174 births (26% of all-time use).
How Abena compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Abena's total volume
Abena by state
Where Abena concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 74 | 11.0% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.7% |
74 of 672 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Abena's data
- Abena's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (174 total births) through the 2020s (72) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Abenas (74 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 Abena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Abena 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.