Abid — #6944 US boys' name
391 babies named Abid in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Abid was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Abid in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abid
The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Abid between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abid currently holds the #6944 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abid performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Abid shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Abid in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abid 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 391 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.
Abid at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Abid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2006)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #6944 among boys.
391 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 16 births in a single year.
Abid by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 121 births that decade — 31% of Abid's all-time total
Abid decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 96 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Abid's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Abid by state
Where Abid concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 37 | 9.5% |
37 of 391 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 9.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 9.5% 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, 1978–2024 (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.