Father is light, or father of light. The Old Testament Abner was Saul's cousin and army commander, a clever strategist. Abner became fashionable after the Reformation. 'Li'l Abner', was the hero of a comic strip by cartoonist Al Capp.
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| 1933 | 926 | -1 | 46 | |
| 1932 | 925 | +49 | 49 | |
| 1931 | 974 | +2 | 46 | |
| 1930 | 976 | -99 | 48 | |
| 1929 | 877 | -5 | 57 | |
| 1928 | 872 | +66 | 58 | |
| 1927 | 938 | -44 | 54 | |
| 1926 | 894 | -85 | 56 | |
| 1925 | 809 | -31 | 67 | |
| 1924 | 778 | -66 | 75 | |
| 1923 | 712 | +25 | 83 | |
| 1922 | 737 | -55 | 80 | |
| 1921 | 682 | +110 | 90 | |
| 1920 | 792 | -143 | 71 | |
| 1919 | 649 | +25 | 89 | |
| 1918 | 674 | -24 | 85 | |
| 1917 | 650 | -30 | 84 | |
| 1916 | 620 | -33 | 88 | |
| 1915 | 587 | -48 | 94 | |
| 1914 | 539 | -16 | 83 | |
| 1913 | 523 | +85 | 67 | |
| 1912 | 608 | +248 | 45 | |
| 1911 | 856 | -376 | 15 | |
| 1910 | 480 | +65 | 33 | |
| 1909 | 545 | +8 | 23 | |
| 1908 | 553 | +81 | 21 | |
| 1907 | 634 | -162 | 16 | |
| 1906 | 472 | -62 | 22 | |
| 1905 | 410 | +82 | 27 | |
| 1904 | 492 | -22 | 19 | |
| 1903 | 470 | -10 | 20 | |
| 1902 | 460 | -89 | 21 | |
| 1901 | 371 | +147 | 25 | |
| 1900 | 518 | -80 | 21 | |
| 1899 | 438 | -3 | 18 | |
| 1898 | 435 | -89 | 21 | |
| 1897 | 346 | +154 | 29 | |
| 1896 | 500 | +1 | 17 | |
| 1895 | 501 | -114 | 16 | |
| 1894 | 387 | +4 | 23 | |
| 1893 | 391 | -34 | 21 | |
| 1892 | 357 | +40 | 28 | |
| 1891 | 397 | +92 | 19 | |
| 1890 | 489 | -110 | 15 | |
| 1889 | 379 | -10 | 22 | |
| 1888 | 369 | +23 | 25 | |
| 1887 | 392 | +25 | 18 | |
| 1886 | 417 | -119 | 18 | |
| 1885 | 298 | +3 | 32 | |
| 1884 | 301 | +17 | 33 | |
| 1883 | 318 | -11 | 27 | |
| 1882 | 307 | -18 | 32 | |
| 1881 | 289 | +36 | 30 | |
| 1880 | 325 | 27 |
