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Abner

Pronounced /ˈæb.nɚ/

Rank in 2024
#839
Born in 2024
293
Peak year
2024 · #839
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 293 boys were named Abner, about 1 in every 5,854.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 9,178 boys have been named Abner since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Abner per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,453 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 733 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 547 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 470 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 909 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,059 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,515 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew אבנר (Abner, “father of light”). From אָב (av, “father”) + נור (nur, “light”).

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈæb.nɚ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Abner, CC BY-SA 4.0.