Abe
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning father of multitudes; form of Abraham.
Babies a year
72
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4275
4 babies
Abe by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Abe. In the US, 72 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 280 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.
Other names that come from Abraham
Like Abe, each of these traces back to Abraham: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Abrahamfather of many nations2,305 in the US (2017)
- Ibrahimfather of many; form of Abraham731 in England and Wales (2025)
- Abramhigh father; alternate form of Abraham739 in the US (2017)
- Avrahamfather of many; Hebrew form of Abraham154 in the US (2017)
- Abbeyfather; diminutive of Abigail or Abraham94 in the US (2017)
- Avrohomfather of multitudes; form of Abraham94 in the US (2017)
- Bramfather of multitudes; form of Abraham10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Abrianafather of multitudes; a feminine form of Abraham51 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Abe. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.