Abbott

Last seen for girls in 2015 at #14,482 · #3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#909
1880 · 5 births
Debut · boys
1880
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,296
since 1880

Abbott over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Abbott has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #909, 1880boys
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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—#3,94927
2024—#3,69330
2023—#3,17738
2022—#3,46433
2021—#3,12138
2020—#3,20235
2019—#2,76645
2018—#2,41754
2017—#2,24059
2016—#2,25559
2015#14,4826#2,68445
2014#11,9318#2,58247
2013—#2,36453
2012#16,8695#2,95439
2011—#3,04637
2010—#3,23934
2009—#4,92219
2008—#5,06718
2007—#5,66115
2006—#6,09413
2005#16,4625#5,27815
2004—#7,5369
2003—#8,6437
2002—#7,0559
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2000—#10,3495
1999—#7,8747
1998—#9,6315
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1994—#8,8005
1993—#7,6386
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1990—#7,1786
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1984—#6,3155
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1970—#4,2306
1969—#4,4045
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1965—#2,9828
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1963—#4,0485
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1960—#3,6656
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1957—#3,2577
1956—#3,5356
1955—#3,8865
1954—#2,44911
1953—#3,1437
1952—#3,7345
1951—#3,0667
1950—#2,5809
1949—#2,8028
1948—#3,6685
1947—#2,49810
1946—#3,5255
1945—#2,24210
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1942—#2,04213
1941—#2,8727
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1938—#2,6468
1937—#2,6808
1936—#2,8547
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1933—#2,36810
1932—#2,46510
1931—#2,47110
1930—#4,0015
1929—#2,9808
1928—#3,6976
1927—#2,19314
1926—#2,43612
1925—#3,4087
1924—#2,82210
1923—#2,02016
1922—#2,48612
1921—#1,90418
1920—#1,64222
1919—#3,1158
1918—#1,64821
1917—#2,28012
1916—#1,84916
1915—#1,66018
1914—#1,77213
1913—#2,8215
1912—#1,8858
1911—#1,2908
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Abbott was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Abbott is popular in 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedHITexas: #1,449 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 16,838 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Abbott, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,449 · 1 in 16,838

Best ever in a state: #218 in Massachusetts, 1918.

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See more about Abbott
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 256 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #3,949)
  • 747 spots since 2020 (#3,202 → #3,949)
  • 1,265 spots since 2015 (#2,684 → #3,949)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #909 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1881, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1880–1888
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,142
  • Highest: 1 in 20,142 boys born in 1888 were named Abbott (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #909 in 1880, was only 1 in 22,098 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.4% of all boys named Abbott (472) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#909 (1880)#913
1890s0——
1900s5#1,440 (1909)#1,440
1910s109#1,290 (1911)#2,036
1920s125#1,642 (1920)#2,559
1930s74#2,368 (1933)#2,777
1940s63#2,042 (1942)#2,898
1950s57#2,449 (1954)#3,206
1960s24#2,982 (1965)#3,775
1970s6#4,230 (1970)#4,230
1980s10#6,315 (1984)#6,793
1990s29#7,178 (1990)#8,224
2000s110#4,922 (2009)#6,734
2010s472#2,240 (2017)#2,655
2020s201#3,121 (2021)#3,434

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

Abbott in 2016

boys
#2,255
59 births · 1 in 32,165 boys

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #2,255Abbott59
More about 2016

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 32,165 of them was named Abbott, which outranked 84.1% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abbott
  1. #2,228Stockton60
  2. #2,228Tai60
  3. #2,228Vedant60
  4. #2,255Abbott59
  5. #2,255Baxter59
  6. #2,255Booker59
  7. #2,255Cassidy59
  8. #2,278Arie58
  9. #2,278Atom58
  10. #2,278Avyaan58

Tied with 22 names at #2,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

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

See the top 100 for 2016 →