Abiah
The Story of Abiah
As a girl name
Abiah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2003, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 13 births, good for #8,021 nationwide. About 52% of every Abiah on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Abiah ranks #9,497 for girls with 7 births, holding steady (-4%). All told, over 124 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Abiah on the record books as a boy name in 2019, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 9 Abiahs were born — ranking #8,062 that year. About 64% of every Abiah on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Abiah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 14 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Abiah
Abiah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 124 births in the dataset. Abiah's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #8,021. Use the chart and map above to compare Abiah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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