Abeni

Girls' name

We prayed and we received

Abeni has been given to 403 babies in the U.S. since 1974. 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 2006, with 24 recorded.

Babies named Abeni, 2024

1 in 334,000

Abeni over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abeni: meaning, origin, and history

We prayed and we received

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Abeni means

Abeni means “we prayed and we received”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Abeni is used in Yoruba.

Another recorded pronunciation is /à.bɛ̀.nĩ́/ for Abeni.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 403 girls were recorded with the name Abeni between 1974 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2006; its best national rank was #5,231 in 2003.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Abeni?

Abeni 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 334,000; 10 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 162,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 231,706 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Abeni sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 231,706 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abeni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abenis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abeni was born before 2004 — so the typical Abeni is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 45.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 68.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 403; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 45.4% of all recorded uses (183).

Is Abeni 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 2006 (24)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,231; 2003

Spellings of Abeni

Abeni is not the most common spelling — Alani is, with 15.5% against Abeni's 0.33%.

Alani15.5%18,799
Alena13.2%16,014
Amani11.1%13,440
Alene7.2%8,748
Averi6.5%7,909
Eleni5.6%6,822
Areli5.5%6,624
Eboni5.4%6,522

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Abeni is used

Across 1910–2025, Abeni was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 614,046 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Abeni has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Abeni around the world

Where Abeni ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2003–2008
#5,545
in 2008
South Australia
1997–2008
#796
in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Abeni by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,231; 2003
Peak year: 2006; 24 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 403
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Abeni

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

Abeer Abena Abeeha Abel Abella Aleni Abelina Abeera Yeni Keni Xareni Yareni Deni Aberdeen Maleni Reni Areni Abegail Yaxeni Zeni Marleni Geni Elleni Leni

Sibling names for Abeni

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

Taniya Melia Jazmyne Jayna Nyasia Tayla Lanie Estefany

For a brother

Paulo Yair Lavon Tye Deshaun Oswaldo Nathen Britton

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