Abel is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “breath.” In 2024 it was given to 1,627 boys in the United States.
Abel belongs to the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “breath” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Abel first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #124 in 2015, and in 2024 1,627 babies received the name — 64,483 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Abel means “breath” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Abel is a boy name. In 2024, 1,627 babies received the name in the US.
Abel comes from the Biblical & Christian, English & American, Spanish and French tradition.
Abel first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #124 in 2015, and 1,627 babies were given the name in 2024.
Abel is pronounced /ˈeɪ.bl̩/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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