Abiud
A masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning "father of majesty" or "my father is glory".
Name Census estimates that about 6 living Americans carry the first name Abiud. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Abiud today is around 23 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Abiud births was 2003 (6 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Abiud. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Abiud. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
6
~ 1 in 57,125,723 Americans
Peak year
2003
6 babies that year
Average age
23
years old
2003 SSA rank
#9,587
Tracked since 2003
Census
Abiud in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 169 people with the first name Abiud, which placed it at #42,487 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#42,487
National first-name rank
People counted
169
169 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
92.3% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Abiud
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Abiud is Hispanic at 92.3%. The next largest groups are Black (3.6%) and White (3.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Abiud described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Abiud at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino92.3% · 156
- Black or African American3.6% · 6
- White3.0% · 5
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.6% · 1
- Two or more races0.6% · 1
Popularity
Abiud: popularity over time
Babies born per year
Decades
Abiud by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Abiud during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
| Decade | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Origin
Meaning and history of Abiud
The name Abiud is derived from the Hebrew language and is believed to have originated during biblical times. It is a combination of two Hebrew words: "ab" meaning "father" and "hud" meaning "praise" or "glory". This suggests that the name Abiud can be interpreted as "father of praise" or "father of glory".
Abiud is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament as one of the ancestors of Jesus Christ. According to the genealogy recorded in Matthew 1:13, Abiud was the son of Zerubbabel and the father of Eliakim. This places Abiud's existence sometime around the 5th century BC, during the time of the Babylonian captivity and the subsequent return of the Israelites to Jerusalem.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Abiud was a Jewish scholar who lived in the 2nd century AD. He is mentioned in the Talmud, a central text of Rabbinic Judaism, as a disciple of the renowned Jewish sage Rabbi Akiva.
In the 4th century AD, there was an Abbot named Abiud who served as the head of a Christian monastery in Egypt. He is known for his writings and teachings on monastic life and spiritual disciplines.
During the Middle Ages, Abiud appears to have been a relatively uncommon name. However, there are records of an Abiud who was a French nobleman and crusader in the 12th century. He participated in the Third Crusade alongside King Richard I of England.
In the 16th century, Abiud Becker was a German theologian and reformer who played a role in the Protestant Reformation. He was a contemporary of Martin Luther and contributed to the translation of the Bible into German.
Another notable figure named Abiud was Abiud Rodríguez, a 17th-century Spanish painter known for his religious artwork and portraiture. He worked primarily in the city of Seville and his paintings can be found in several churches and museums across Spain.
People
Abiud + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Abiud as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Abiud: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Abiud?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 6 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Abiud going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 57,125,723 US residents.
Is Abiud a common name?
We classify Abiud as "Very Rare". It ranks above 22.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 6 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Abiud most popular?
The single biggest year for Abiud was 2003, when 6 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Abiud is about 23 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Abiud in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 169 people with the name Abiud, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #42,487 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Abiud in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Abiud?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Abiud leans strongly male. 150 people counted with this name were male (89.8%), compared with 17 female bearers (10.2%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Abiud?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Abiud is Hispanic at 92.3%. The next largest groups are Black (3.6%) and White (3.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Abiud most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Abiud in the 2020 Census, accounting for 92.3% (156 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Abiud in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Abiud a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Abiud in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Abiud still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Abiud in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Abiud can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Abiud as a first name?
For a quick modern take, check how many Americans are named Abiud on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org.