Abbey

#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1999 · 710 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,509
since 1917

Abbey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Abbey has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #392, 1999girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221
2024#5,61522
2023#6,16919
2022#4,04136
2021#3,43545
2020#2,34175
2019#2,24981
2018#2,64765
2017#2,05395
2016#1,590139
2015#1,416163
2014#1,446157
2013#1,101222
2012#999253
2011#898290
2010#886299
2009#893307
2008#825344
2007#822349
2006#703404
2005#621453
2004#567505#9,9486
2003#474625
2002#472600
2001#416688
2000#425660
1999#392710#8,7046
1998#408662
1997#406646
1996#454552
1995#460549
1994#420597
1993#496503
1992#545430
1991#515451
1990#481508
1989#500470
1988#539404
1987#597327
1986#548370
1985#603314
1984#538357
1983#475420
1982#529370
1981#514383
1980#659273
1979#675255
1978#842176
1977#1,38081
1976#1,69457
1975#1,62560
1974#1,55362
1973#1,62256
1972#2,27633
1971#1,85747
1970#2,30733
1969#2,29631
1968#3,31516
1967#2,96318
1966#2,83919
1965#2,83319
1964#3,51514
1963#3,45814
1962#3,03317
1961#2,75220
1960#2,72920
1959#2,45822
1958#2,75518
1957#2,41622
1956#3,69611
1955#2,22224
1954#3,32512
1953#3,48011
1952#2,80615
1951#2,57716#3,0667
1950#4,3157
1949#3,8928
1948#3,8838
1947#5,2955
1946#3,9947#3,1736
1945#3,3888
1944#3,3788
1943#3,8017
1942#3,1949
1941
1940#3,4595
1939#3,4297
1938#4,3425
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1932#4,4115
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1921#5,0995
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1917#3,3448
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1914#3,2645
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Abbey! It came in at #3,344, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Abbey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 107 spots since 2024 (#5,615#5,722)
  • 3,381 spots since 2020 (#2,341#5,722)
  • 4,306 spots since 2015 (#1,416#5,722)
  • Biggest jump: 538 spots in 1978 (#1,380#842)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 2007 (#703#822)
Rise & fade · girls
82 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1999 at #392 (710 births)
  • Births halved by 2007, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1978–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,498
  • Highest: 1 in 2,498 girls born in 1999 were named Abbey (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 32.0% of all girls named Abbey (5,608) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s8#3,344 (1917)#3,344
1920s5#5,099 (1921)#5,099
1930s17#3,429 (1939)#4,061
1940s60#3,194 (1942)#3,853
1950s158#2,222 (1955)#3,005
1960s188#2,296 (1969)#2,973
1970s860#675 (1979)#1,583
1980s3,688#475 (1983)#550
1990s5,608#392 (1999)#458
2000s4,935#416 (2001)#622
2010s1,764#886 (2010)#1,529
2020s218#2,341 (2020)#4,554

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Abbey in 1960

girls
#2,729
20 births · 1 in 101,097 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #2,729Abbey20
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 101,097 of them was named Abbey, which outranked 62.8% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abbey
  1. #2,649Verona21
  2. #2,649Viveca21
  3. #2,649Yulonda21
  4. #2,729Abbey20
  5. #2,729Aaron20
  6. #2,729Alethia20
  7. #2,729Alica20
  8. #2,820Adelia19
  9. #2,820Alix19
  10. #2,820Angele19

Tied with 90 names at #2,729; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960