Absalom — #7864 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Absalom

The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Absalom between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Absalom currently holds the #7864 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Absalom performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Absalom shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Absalom 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 208 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.