ABCDE isn’t an urban legend. It’s a real baby name.

In fact, it’s the official first name of hundreds of females in the United States (especially Texas!).

How many ABCDEs have been born in the U.S. so far? Here are the SSA’s numbers:

2013: 16 baby girls named ABCDE [9 in Texas]

2012: 18 baby girls named ABCDE [13 in Texas]

2011: 21 baby girls named ABCDE [14 in Texas]

2010: 25 baby girls named ABCDE [19 in Texas]

2009: 32 baby girls named ABCDE [20 in Texas]

2008: 28 baby girls named ABCDE [21 in Texas]

2007: 24 baby girls named ABCDE [14 in Texas]

2006: 26 baby girls named ABCDE [15 in Texas]

2005: 22 baby girls named ABCDE [16 in Texas]

2004: 15 baby girls named ABCDE [10 in Texas]

2003: 22 baby girls named ABCDE [13 in Texas]

2002: 17 baby girls named ABCDE [11 in Texas]

2001: 16 baby girls named ABCDE [11 in Texas]

2000: 12 baby girls named ABCDE [10 in Texas]

1999: 13 baby girls named ABCDE [5 in Texas]

1998: 5 baby girls named ABCDE

1997: 5 baby girls named ABCDE

1996: unlisted

1995: unlisted

1994: unlisted

1993: unlisted

1992: 6 baby girls named ABCDE

1991: unlisted

1990: 5 baby girls named ABCDE [debut; all 5 in Hawaii]

1989: unlisted

Keep in mind that the SSA only lists names used 5 or more times per year, so there are more ABCDEs out there that aren’t accounted for in the SSA data.

Based on the numbers we know, though, at least 328 baby girls in the U.S. have been named ABCDE, and 201 (61%) of these baby girls were born in Texas specifically.

What do you think of the name?

Update, Dec. 2018: Here’s a new post with graphs of the Abcde data!