Abednego

Boys' name

Servant of Nebo

Abednego has been given to 104 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2018, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Abednego, 2024

1 in 557,000

Abednego over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abednego: meaning, origin, and history

Servant of Nebo

Hebrew

What Abednego means

Abednego means “servant of Nebo”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Abednego is used in Biblical.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ə.ˈbɛd.nɪ.ˌɡoʊ/ for Abednego.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Hebrew עֲבֵד נְגוֹא, itself derived from a reconstructed Aramaic name meaning likely "servant of Nabu" or "servant of Nergal".

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Origin, language, and formation

Abednego is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Abednego comes through Hebrew עֲבֵד נְגוֹא.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Abednego is pronounced /əˈbɛd.nɪˌɡoʊ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 104 boys were recorded with the name Abednego between 2001 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2018; its best national rank was #8,154 in 2018.

How common is Abednego?

Abednego had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Abednego sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abednego. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abednegos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abednego was born before 2014 — so the typical Abednego is around 11 today.

Median birth year: 2014; About 11 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 36.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 104; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 36.5% of all recorded uses (38).

Is Abednego rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2018 (9)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 12.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,154; 2018

Abednego by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,154; 2018
Peak year: 2018; 9 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 104
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Abednego

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Abednego

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Oaklyn Keily Zaylee Khaleesi Emberly Landry Jemma Keren

For a brother

Torin Kamryn Levon Merrick Bilal Mordechai Zaid Brecken

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