Abenezer — #11610 US boys' name
236 babies named Abenezer in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to boys today.
61% of everyone ever named Abenezer was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Abenezer in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abenezer
The Social Security Administration has registered 236 babies named Abenezer between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abenezer currently holds the #11610 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abenezer performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Abenezer shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Abenezer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abenezer 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 236 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.
Abenezer at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Abenezer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2015)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #11610 among boys.
236 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 20 births in a single year.
Abenezer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 144 births that decade — 61% of Abenezer's all-time total
Abenezer decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Abenezer's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Abenezer by state
Where Abenezer concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 236 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 2.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.