Unisex name · since 1980
Abriel
662 babies named Abriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,670 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,858 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 662
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
662 babies have been named Abriel since 1980, making it today's #2858 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abriel has been recorded 662 times among boys since 1980, currently ranked #2858 nationally and more common than 79% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #6,670 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,858 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 662 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abriel ranks #6,670 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,858 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 662 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,670 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,858 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 662
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abriel's 662 recorded births place it above 85.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Abriel compares
662 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Abriel's all-time total is 79% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abriel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 662 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 34 | 22,252 |
Abriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abriel's full recorded timeline at 2008, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 44 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abriel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Abriel popularity over time - girls
654 total births recorded since 1984 (Abriel as girls' name)
Abriel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (291 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Abriel's strongest decade.
291 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Abriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s 95
2000s
95 births
- 2010s
2010s
291 births
- 2020s
2020s
220 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 291 births (44% of all-time use).
How Abriel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Abriel's total volume
Abriel by state
Where Abriel concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 58 | 8.8% |
| #2 | California | | 19 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
58 of 662 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Abriel's data
- Abriel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (291 total births) through the 2020s (220) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Abriels (58 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abriel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Abriel 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.