Abby
#731 for girls in 2025, 379 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 1,986 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 61,855since 1880
Abby over time
Rank among girls' names. Abby has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #731 | 379 | — | |
| 2024 | #624 | 478 | — | |
| 2023 | #624 | 475 | — | |
| 2022 | #587 | 510 | — | |
| 2021 | #576 | 524 | — | |
| 2020 | #509 | 597 | — | |
| 2019 | #505 | 624 | — | |
| 2018 | #474 | 658 | — | |
| 2017 | #451 | 703 | — | |
| 2016 | #442 | 727 | — | |
| 2015 | #434 | 728 | — | |
| 2014 | #388 | 843 | — | |
| 2013 | #352 | 907 | — | |
| 2012 | #309 | 1,038 | — | |
| 2011 | #295 | 1,065 | — | |
| 2010 | #284 | 1,149 | — | |
| 2009 | #255 | 1,281 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #259 | 1,332 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #220 | 1,579 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #205 | 1,686 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #198 | 1,754 | — | |
| 2004 | #166 | 2,024 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #164 | 2,048 | — | |
| 2002 | #166 | 1,961 | — | |
| 2001 | #163 | 1,986 | — | |
| 2000 | #205 | 1,566 | — | |
| 1999 | #174 | 1,810 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #194 | 1,608 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #192 | 1,565 | — | |
| 1996 | #207 | 1,419 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #209 | 1,378 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #213 | 1,372 | — | |
| 1993 | #240 | 1,176 | — | |
| 1992 | #260 | 1,081 | — | |
| 1991 | #237 | 1,174 | — | |
| 1990 | #222 | 1,293 | — | |
| 1989 | #212 | 1,274 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #213 | 1,222 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #245 | 1,052 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #232 | 1,120 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #213 | 1,207 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #208 | 1,263 | — | |
| 1983 | #200 | 1,310 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #210 | 1,299 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #218 | 1,211 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #268 | 930 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #302 | 791 | — | |
| 1978 | #349 | 619 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #607 | 279 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #611 | 256 | — | |
| 1975 | #639 | 240 | — | |
| 1974 | #677 | 220 | — | |
| 1973 | #734 | 191 | — | |
| 1972 | #808 | 167 | — | |
| 1971 | #735 | 204 | — | |
| 1970 | #810 | 171 | — | |
| 1969 | #854 | 148 | — | |
| 1968 | #887 | 134 | — | |
| 1967 | #779 | 161 | — | |
| 1966 | #717 | 187 | — | |
| 1965 | #660 | 222 | — | |
| 1964 | #703 | 217 | — | |
| 1963 | #657 | 236 | — | |
| 1962 | #584 | 286 | — | |
| 1961 | #672 | 236 | — | |
| 1960 | #653 | 241 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #768 | 176 | — | |
| 1958 | #811 | 154 | — | |
| 1957 | #767 | 169 | — | |
| 1956 | #934 | 117 | — | |
| 1955 | #949 | 108 | — | |
| 1954 | #926 | 108 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,050 | 85 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #966 | 95 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,027 | 82 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,114 | 68 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,189 | 58 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,105 | 65 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #1,337 | 42 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,113 | 52 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,203 | 37 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,366 | 15 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | — | |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 | — | |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Abby was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Abby
- 107 spots since 2024 (#624 → #731)
- 222 spots since 2020 (#509 → #731)
- 297 spots since 2015 (#434 → #731)
- Biggest jump: 414 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 530 spots in 1894 (#955 → #1,485)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2001 at #163 (1,986 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1954–2025
- Highest: 1 in 892 girls born in 2003 were named Abby (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,241 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #163 in 2001, was only 1 in 907 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.8% of all girls named Abby (17,217) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | #560 (1882) | #871 |
| 1890s | 57 | #796 (1891) | #1,253 |
| 1900s | 49 | #1,137 (1903) | #1,571 |
| 1910s | 110 | #1,300 (1911) | #2,319 |
| 1920s | 177 | #1,469 (1928) | #2,235 |
| 1930s | 200 | #1,449 (1935) | #1,773 |
| 1940s | 444 | #1,105 (1948) | #1,263 |
| 1950s | 1,162 | #767 (1957) | #931 |
| 1960s | 2,068 | #584 (1962) | #717 |
| 1970s | 3,138 | #302 (1979) | #627 |
| 1980s | 11,888 | #200 (1983) | #222 |
| 1990s | 13,876 | #174 (1999) | #215 |
| 2000s | 17,217 | #163 (2001) | #200 |
| 2010s | 8,442 | #284 (2010) | #393 |
| 2020s | 2,963 | #509 (2020) | #609 |
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.
Abby in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,475 of them was named Abby, which outranked 97.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 328,367 of them was named Abby, which outranked 14.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 990 names at #5,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.