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Abel
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
Rank in 2024
#220
Born in 2024
1,627
Peak year
2015 · #124
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,627 boys were named Abel, about 1 in every 1,054.
- It peaked in 2015 with 3,244 babies, ranked #124.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 64,483 boys have been named Abel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Abel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.5Gen Z1997–12
- 1.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,365 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 1,770 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,995 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,334 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,643 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,047 babies, 0.48 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 28,089 babies, 1.29 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the homonymous word הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”) or from Akkadian 𒌉𒍑 (ablu, “son”).
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈeɪ.bl̩/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Abel, CC BY-SA 4.0.