Abi

Where Abi comes from

Clipping of Abigail.
— Wiktionary's entry for Abi
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #8,423 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Peak, #4,963
    14 babies named Abi — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1983
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #10,275.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.
Namesakes

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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.