Boys' name · since 1971
Absalom
208 babies named Absalom in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,701 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 208
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Absalom is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 208 have been recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Absalom has been recorded 208 times among boys since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 1971 to 2024.
- #12,701 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 208 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Absalom ranks #12,701 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 208 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,701 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 208
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Absalom's 208 recorded births place it above 72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Absalom's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Absalom's full recorded timeline at 2000, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Absalom popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2024
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Absalom by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (56 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Absalom's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Absalom births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 56 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Absalom's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Absalom: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1971–2024 (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 Absalom 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.