Unisex name · since 2013
Abraxas
68 babies named Abraxas in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,981 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,129 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Abraxas is the #8129 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 68 recorded since 2013.
Abraxas has 68 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8129 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #19,981 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,129 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abraxas ranks #19,981 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,129 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 68 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,981 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,129 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Abraxas's 68 recorded births place it above 55.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Abraxas compares
68 20th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Abraxas's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abraxas | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Abraxas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abraxas's full recorded timeline at 2020, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abraxas popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Abraxas popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1971 (Abraxas as girls' name)
Abraxas by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Abraxas's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Abraxas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (65% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abraxas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2013–2025 (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 Abraxas 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.