Abu — #7861 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Abu

The Social Security Administration has registered 452 babies named Abu between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abu currently holds the #7861 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abu performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Abu shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Abu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abu 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 452 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.