Ab Popularity by Year
Follow Ab across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Ab birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Down 1,209 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 6 | #10,799 | Down 1,245 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 7 | #9,554 | Up 1,090 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 6 | #10,644 | Down 989 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 7 | #9,655 | Up 2,632 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 5 | #12,287 | Down 1,521 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Down 3,074 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 10 | #7,692 | Down 3,547 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 24 | #4,145 | Down 1,277 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 41 | #2,868 | Up 438 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 32 | #3,306 | Up 13 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 30 | #3,319 | Down 305 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 33 | #3,014 | Up 514 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 25 | #3,528 | Up 974 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 17 | #4,502 | Up 388 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 15 | #4,890 | Down 501 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 17 | #4,389 | Up 2,141 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 9 | #6,530 | Down 430 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 9 | #6,100 | Up 1,692 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 6 | #7,792 | Down 4,619 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 6 | #3,173 | Up 387 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 5 | #3,560 | Up 787 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 5 | #4,347 | Down 475 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 6 | #3,872 | Down 355 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 7 | #3,517 | Up 211 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 6 | #3,728 | Down 183 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 6 | #3,545 | Down 619 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 8 | #2,926 | Down 2,005 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 5 | #921 | Down 85 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 6 | #836 | Up 107 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 5 | #943 | Down 34 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 5 | #909 | — |