Boy
Abel
As a boy's name, Abel is understood to mean "breath (linked to vapor, transience)". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2010s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. The name's best year yet was 2015.
HebrewHebrew
EtymologyMeaning "breath" (linked to vapor, transience)
Births by decade
1900s
121
1910s
559
1920s
880
1930s
940
1940s
1,225
1950s
2,085
1960s
2,667
1970s
3,540
1980s
4,770
1990s
6,495
2000s
8,378
2010s
18,351
Peaked in the 2010s · 50,011 total U.S. births since 1900