Unisex name · since 1973
Abimbola
Abimbola has 85 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
85 girls have been named Abimbola since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Abimbola has 85 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2023.
- #28,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 85 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abimbola ranks #28,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 85 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 85
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Abimbola's 85 recorded births place it above 59.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Abimbola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Abimbola's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Abimbola popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2023
- Peak year (1977)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Abimbola popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2010 (Abimbola as boys' name)
Abimbola by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (33 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Abimbola's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Abimbola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Abimbola's data
- Abimbola's decade-level peak was the 1980s (33 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 Abimbola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1973–2023 (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 Abimbola 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.