Abilene
Abilene was the 2064th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 91 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1942nd with 102 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 526 places. More babies were named Abilene in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,064 girls, up 827 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 91girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024102 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,674babies recorded
Abilene popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,064 | 91 |
| 2020 | #2,891 | 56 |
| 2010 | #3,160 | 52 |
| 2000 | #4,651 | 25 |
| 1990 | #8,503 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Abilene, counting every spelling?
Abilene has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Abilene?
91 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Abilene (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Abilene born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 92 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Abilene.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Abilene?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Abilene are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 19. That makes Abilene a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Abilene by state
How common Abilene was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Abilene
How popular is the name Abilene?
Abilene was the 2064th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 91 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1942nd with 102 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 526 places. More babies were named Abilene in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Abilene a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Abilene in the US.
Where is Abilene most popular?
In 2021–2025, Abilene was most common in Texas (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Colorado.