Able

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Able first appears in the U.S. data in 1912 and has been recorded in 79 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 45 babies (rank #2,661 that year). In 2024 it was given to 18 boys (rank #5,223). The name has been declining over the last five years.
1,096
Total babies (all years)
79
Years in the data
45
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19125#2,544
19178#2,956
191812#2,398
19195#4,169
192012#2,459
19215#4,323
19226#3,874
19236#3,823
19278#3,151
19308#3,022
19326#3,361
19385#3,534
19426#3,212
19436#3,233
19498#2,803
19519#2,662
19528#2,875
19556#3,506
19566#3,537
19575#3,995
19587#3,275
19598#3,038
19609#2,873
19618#3,099
19625#4,033
19646#3,602
19678#2,985
19696#3,937
19719#3,370
197211#2,992
19736#4,507
197410#3,321
197513#2,904
19767#4,425
19786#5,065
197911#3,569
198013#3,256
198114#3,027
198210#3,966
198311#3,629
19848#4,556
19866#5,930
198710#4,241
19888#5,203
198915#3,619
19908#5,827
199111#4,761
19928#6,130
199410#5,455
199510#5,504
19968#6,499
199717#3,880
199812#5,160
199915#4,537
200016#4,575
200111#6,014
20029#7,056
200312#5,878
200414#5,495
200515#5,285
200614#5,787
200726#3,893
200819#4,900
200924#4,160
201022#4,367
201133#3,310
201233#3,300
201341#2,804
201445#2,661
201541#2,863
201640#2,936
201734#3,313
201835#3,241
201922#4,482
202030#3,570
202131#3,580
202233#3,464
202314#6,218
202418#5,223