Girls' name · since 2001
Abia
108 babies named Abia in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,223 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
108 girls have been named Abia since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Abia recorded 108 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2024.
- #26,223 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 108 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abia ranks #26,223 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 108 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,223 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abia's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Abia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Abia splits its recorded history at 2013: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Abia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Abia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (67 births, 62% of the file).
2010s was Abia's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Abia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 67 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Abia's decade-level peak was the 2010s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Abia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2001–2024 (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 Abia 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.