Boys' name · since 2010

Abian

20 babies named Abian in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#28,913 of 45,481
all-time among boys
20
born since 2010
2010s
peak decade

Abian is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 20 have been recorded since 2010.

Abian has 20 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2017.

  • #28,913 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 20 born since 2010
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abian ranks #28,913 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.

#28,913 of 45,481
all-time among boys
20
born since 2010
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Abian's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Abian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Abian splits its recorded history at 2013: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Abian popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2017

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2017)
8
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
456789 201020132017 8

Abian by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).

2010s was Abian's strongest decade.

20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Abian births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Abian?
Abian has been given to 20 babies in the U.S. since 2010, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #28,913 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2017. 8 babies were born in 2017, its single highest year.
Where does Abian sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abian ranks #28,913 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Abian most popular?
Abian was most popular in the 2010s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Abian been used?
Abian has been recorded in Social Security data since 2010, spanning 8 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Abian?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Abiel, Abimael, Abisai, Abie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Abian: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2010–2017 (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 Abian 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.