Abia

Girls' name

Worshipper of Jah

Abia has been given to 108 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 2011, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Abia, 2024

1 in 669,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abia: meaning, origin, and history

Worshipper of Jah

Hebrew

What Abia means

Abia means “worshipper of Jah”, associated with ʾĂḇiyyā́.

Origin, language, and formation

Abia is used in German and Italian. Its origins include Hebrew.

Abia comes through Ancient Greek Ἀβῑᾱ́ and Hebrew אֲבִיָה.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 108 girls were recorded with the name Abia between 2001 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2011; its best national rank was #7,987 in 2016.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Abia?

Abia 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 669,000; 5 of 3,342,801 births
Among girls only: 1 in 324,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,412 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Abia 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 463,412 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abia was born before 2012 — so the typical Abia is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 62.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 108; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 62.0% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Abia 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 2011 (14)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 57.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,987; 2016

Spellings of Abia

Abia is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 21.6% against Abia's <0.01%.

Anna21.6%914,859
Maria13.4%566,111
Ava8.1%344,097
Mia7.3%310,219
Anita5.1%215,165
Alma3.9%163,723
Ana2.6%111,359
Ada2.5%106,905

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.

Abia around the world

Where Abia 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
2001–2019
#4,686
in 2019
Canada
2005–2010
#2,833
in 2010
South Australia
2010–2010
#801
in 2010

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

Abia 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: #7,987; 2016
Peak year: 2011; 14 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 108
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Abia

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

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Sibling names for Abia

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

Elin Lilyanna Samiyah Kamille Kyndall Lillianna Leigha Rylan

For a brother

Jadiel Jorden Semaj Giovani Xzavier Jerimiah Rylee Konnor

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