Boy · English short form of a Hebrew name
Abe
Say it: AYB
Meaning
A short form of Abraham, explained in Genesis as 'father of many'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as a full name in the US in the late 1800s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 9,376 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 2,200 boys
- 52 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Abe Lincoln, US president
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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