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Abilene

Abilene: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“grass”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
AB-ih-leen · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Taken from the biblical place name Abilene, from Hebrew/Aramaic Abilene/Abila meaning meadow or grassy place. As a given name, it is modern and place-name based.

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How popular is Abilene?

202431.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Abilene in 2024102

2024 rank#1,943 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,583

Abilene has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Abilene

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
  • Naomipleasantness · Hebrew
  • Hannahgrace; favor · Hebrew
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Delilahdelicate · Hebrew
  • Jordanto flow down · Hebrew

Abilene questions

What does the name Abilene mean?

Abilene means "grass". It comes from Hebrew. Taken from the biblical place name Abilene, from Hebrew/Aramaic Abilene/Abila meaning meadow or grassy place. As a given name, it is modern and place-name based.

Is Abilene a boy or girl name?

Abilene is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Abilene?

102 US babies were named Abilene in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Abilene?

Abilene is usually pronounced AB-ih-leen.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.