Abbe
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #14,558
- Peak · girls
- 1957 · 77 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,325since 1949
Abbe over time
Rank among girls' names. Abbe has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
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| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 |
| 1979 | #2,931 | 29 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 |
| 1967 | #2,376 | 26 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 |
| 1965 | #2,154 | 30 |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 |
| 1960 | #1,655 | 46 |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 |
| 1958 | #1,203 | 78 |
| 1957 | #1,202 | 77 |
| 1956 | #1,681 | 40 |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Abbe! It came in at #5,244, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2006–2007, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Abbe is popular in 1962
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#792 · 1 in 12,567
Best ever in a state: #487 in New York, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #792 | 13 | 1 in 12,567 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Abbe
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1957 at #1,202 (77 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 25,790 girls born in 1958 were named Abbe (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,726 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,202 in 1957, was only 1 in 26,557 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 31.5% of all girls named Abbe (417) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #5,244 (1949) | #5,244 |
| 1950s | 417 | #1,202 (1957) | #1,815 |
| 1960s | 292 | #1,655 (1960) | #2,307 |
| 1970s | 185 | #2,931 (1979) | #3,786 |
| 1980s | 199 | #2,537 (1980) | #4,373 |
| 1990s | 124 | #4,694 (1990) | #7,228 |
| 2000s | 92 | #5,491 (2000) | #10,149 |
| 2010s | 11 | #14,558 (2014) | #15,775 |
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.
Abbe in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 51,753 of them was named Abbe, which outranked 75.5% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,826Valinda39
- #1,826Vanda39
- #1,826Vanetta39
- #1,858Abbe38
- #1,858Adria38
- #1,858Andre38
- #1,858Betsey38
- #1,889Alaina37
- #1,889Andrew37
- #1,889Antonietta37
Tied with 30 names at #1,858; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.