Name meaning & stats
Abel
Abel means “breath” (Hebrew origin). 63,473 US babies since 1940, peak 2015.
What it means
“breath”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2015
63,473 US babies were named Abel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Abel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Abel is the main spelling
- Abel 96%
- Abiel 2%
- Able 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2015)