as a First Name
As a Jewish name it is either a short form of Abraham or a Yiddish name of two syllables from Aramaic abba ‘father’, which was used as a personal name in Talmudic times instead of Abraham. As an English name it is a short form of Abraham.
| 2,281st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,020
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Abe per capita
- 1913
- marked the height of its popularity
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100%
65%
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20%
30-54
30-54
2%
13-29
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0-12
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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