Name meaning & stats
Abe
Abe means “father of many” (Hebrew origin). 3,880 US babies since 1940, peak 2018.
What it means
“father of many”
HebrewPet form of Abraham
In US birth records
Peak year: 2018
3,880 US babies were named Abe between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Abe (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 92% of the family
- Abe 92%
- Ab 8%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2018)