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.
Where Abby is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#84 · 1 in 379
- Montana#90 · 1 in 391
- Kansas#108 · 1 in 488
- New Hampshire#115 · 1 in 588
- Minnesota#117 · 1 in 560
Best ever in a state: #23 in North Dakota, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #84 | 53 | 1 in 379 |
| Montana | #90 | 12 | 1 in 391 |
| Kansas | #108 | 31 | 1 in 488 |
| New Hampshire | #115 | 9 | 1 in 588 |
| Minnesota | #117 | 52 | 1 in 560 |
| Wisconsin | #121 | 52 | 1 in 606 |
| Nebraska | #144 | 15 | 1 in 718 |
| Indiana | #148 | 48 | 1 in 771 |
| Wyoming | #164 | 5 | 1 in 642 |
| Ohio | #174 | 73 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Pennsylvania | #182 | 66 | 1 in 1,045 |
| Missouri | #207 | 28 | 1 in 1,193 |
| Illinois | #211 | 62 | 1 in 1,247 |
| Michigan | #211 | 45 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Alabama | #261 | 15 | 1 in 1,533 |
| South Carolina | #267 | 12 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Kentucky | #271 | 14 | 1 in 1,776 |
| Massachusetts | #273 | 17 | 1 in 1,838 |
| Oklahoma | #279 | 12 | 1 in 1,608 |
| Utah | #292 | 10 | 1 in 1,646 |
| Georgia | #298 | 19 | 1 in 1,857 |
| Louisiana | #307 | 17 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Connecticut | #314 | 7 | 1 in 2,127 |
| Washington | #319 | 14 | 1 in 1,917 |
| West Virginia | #322 | 5 | 1 in 2,395 |
| North Carolina | #329 | 15 | 1 in 2,217 |
| Tennessee | #332 | 13 | 1 in 2,187 |
| Colorado | #351 | 9 | 1 in 2,188 |
| Oregon | #396 | 6 | 1 in 2,883 |
| New York | #399 | 38 | 1 in 2,628 |
| Arkansas | #412 | 5 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Texas | #433 | 42 | 1 in 2,854 |
| Maryland | #451 | 6 | 1 in 3,365 |
| Virginia | #468 | 8 | 1 in 3,727 |
| New Jersey | #497 | 10 | 1 in 3,720 |
| Florida | #538 | 13 | 1 in 3,970 |
| California | #613 | 39 | 1 in 4,454 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 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 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 1,785 of them was named Abby, which outranked 97.8% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 356,790 of them was named Abby, which outranked 14.3% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,043 names at #6,250; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.