Abbie

#1,652 for girls in 2025, 125 births · Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,037
Given to girls 98.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 81 births
Debut · girls
71 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
22,226
since 1880

Abbie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Abbie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #166, 1881girls
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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
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2025#1,652125—
2024#1,622128—
2023#2,12490—
2022#2,29581—
2021#1,955100—
2020#2,07888—
2019#2,07091—
2018#1,717120—
2017#1,703125—
2016#1,330178—
2015#1,183213—
2014#1,057245—
2013#1,017245—
2012#790344—
2011#797340—
2010#818329—
2009#768370—
2008#741401—
2007#633469—
2006#657440—
2005#628445—
2004#571500—
2003#525537—
2002#533514—
2001#513526—
2000#591433—
1999#579430—
1998#603398—
1997#593386—
1996#643349—
1995#622351—
1994#627351—
1993#725292—
1992#786260—
1991#752275—
1990#679314—
1989#743265—
1988#809226—
1987#777228—
1986#758228—
1985#737234—
1984#679249—
1983#734223—
1982#650275—
1981#621292—
1980#725231—
1979#713237—
1978#836177—
1977#1,73659—
1976#1,21693—
1975#1,45970—
1974#1,36975—
1973#1,30278—
1972#1,59457—
1971#1,44572—
1970#1,61958—
1969#1,63554—
1968#1,55954—
1967#1,47857—
1966#1,30469—
1965#1,30269—
1964#1,085101—
1963#1,11995—
1962#1,20384—
1961#1,14492—
1960#1,11794—
1959#1,047104#3,0378
1958#861140—
1957#939120—
1956#1,05893#3,5356
1955#1,03195#3,2017
1954#1,18671#3,8275
1953#1,14671#2,53110
1952#1,08875#3,7345
1951#1,22457#3,7145
1950#1,11468—
1949#1,45240—
1948#1,29850#3,6685
1947#1,33747#2,6719
1946#1,22050#3,5255
1945#1,18744#2,7437
1944#1,11549—
1943#1,06257—
1942#96865#2,9407
1941#1,04149#3,1336
1940#94458#3,1306
1939#82470#3,4805
1938#94956—
1937#96452#1,99213
1936#1,03945#2,6298
1935#89260#2,24611
1934#88859#2,9737
1933#83464#3,6425
1932#93357#3,0927
1931#80671#3,7635
1930#81076#1,88916
1929#78979#2,9808
1928#73992#2,27013
1927#711103#3,4517
1926#708105#2,9049
1925#647128#4,1975
1924#75697—
1923#649129#2,61411
1922#603143#3,8726
1921#643133#2,80410
1920#72998#2,60211
1919#569147#2,8779
1918#644120—
1917#582136#3,9815
1916#552146#2,25912
1915#583124#2,31011
1914#56699#2,10110
1913#451121#2,2737
1912#50390—
1911#46777—
1910#44979#1,1938
1909#49657—
1908#39784—
1907#39879—
1906#40372—
1905#39373#1,2335
1904#36580—
1903#32491—
1902#32491—
1901#32287—
1900#316112—
1899#32187—
1898#279120—
1897#29097#1,0575
1896#258121—
1895#30192—
1894#249118—
1893#247115—
1892#245119—
1891#214124#9635
1890#199140—
1889#224107—
1888#191137—
1887#197104#9215
1886#21784—
1885#20088—
1884#18198—
1883#19079—
1882#17780—
1881#16681—
1880#17871—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Abbie was already there! It came in at #178, and was given to 71 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1943–1949, when fewer than 58 girls a year got the name.

Where Abbie is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #716 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,597 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedMINew York: #828 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 16,338 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #870 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 22,554 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,169 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 24,361 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #368 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedMSAlabama: #473 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,178 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedHITexas: #1,098 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,651 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Abbie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#368 · 1 in 3,179
  2. Alabama#473 · 1 in 5,178
  3. Illinois#716 · 1 in 12,597
  4. New York#828 · 1 in 16,338
  5. Pennsylvania#870 · 1 in 22,554

Best ever in a state: #86 in South Dakota, 2003.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Carolina#36891 in 3,179
Alabama#47371 in 5,178
Illinois#71681 in 12,597
New York#828101 in 16,338
Pennsylvania#87051 in 22,554
Texas#1,09861 in 18,651
California#1,16961 in 24,361
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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 Abbie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 30 spots since 2024 (#1,622 → #1,652)
  • 426 spots since 2020 (#2,078 → #1,652)
  • 469 spots since 2015 (#1,183 → #1,652)
  • Biggest jump: 900 spots in 1978 (#1,736 → #836)
  • Biggest drop: 227 spots in 2013 (#790 → #1,017)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #166 (81 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 68 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 98 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1880–1935
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,135
  • Highest: 1 in 1,135 girls born in 1881 were named Abbie (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,858 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 20.9% of all girls named Abbie (4,635) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s929#166 (1881)#192
1890s1,133#199 (1890)#260
1900s826#316 (1900)#374
1910s1,139#449 (1910)#537
1920s1,107#603 (1922)#697
1930s610#806 (1931)#894
1940s509#944 (1940)#1,162
1950s894#861 (1958)#1,069
1960s769#1,085 (1964)#1,295
1970s976#713 (1979)#1,329
1980s2,451#621 (1981)#723
1990s3,406#579 (1999)#661
2000s4,635#513 (2001)#616
2010s2,230#790 (2012)#1,248
2020s612#1,622 (2024)#1,954

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.

Abbie in 1955

girls
#1,031
95 births · 1 in 20,582 girls
boys
#3,201
7 births · 1 in 294,270 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,031Abbie95

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #3,201Abbie7
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 20,582 of them was named Abbie, which outranked 84.7% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abbie
  1. #1,026Lita96
  2. #1,026Nena96
  3. #1,026Scarlett96
  4. #1,031Abbie95
  5. #1,031Gwenda95
  6. #1,031Melonie95
  7. #1,034Darline94
  8. #1,034Dori94
  9. #1,034Felice94

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 294,270 of them was named Abbie, which outranked 27.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abbie
  1. #2,964Yaakov8
  2. #2,964Yancy8
  3. #2,964Zeno8
  4. #3,201Abbie7
  5. #3,201Ahmad7
  6. #3,201Alcide7
  7. #3,201Alfonsa7
  8. #3,505Abie6
  9. #3,505Able6
  10. #3,505Addis6

Tied with 303 names at #3,201; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →