Abhi

Where Abhi comes from

The dictionaries list Abhi as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Abhilasha — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1997
    First appearance
    #8,110 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Peak, #4,276
    19 babies named Abhi — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,803.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Abhilasha.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Abhinav.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Abhishek.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Abhi hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.