# Abbie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abbie/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Abbey, Abbi, Abby, Abi |
| US babies named this | 22,556 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 330 / 22,226 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15,978, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping + -ie.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 340 | 797 |
| 2012 | 344 | 790 |
| 2013 | 245 | 1,017 |
| 2014 | 245 | 1,057 |
| 2015 | 213 | 1,183 |
| 2016 | 178 | 1,330 |
| 2017 | 125 | 1,703 |
| 2018 | 120 | 1,717 |
| 2019 | 91 | 2,070 |
| 2020 | 88 | 2,078 |
| 2021 | 100 | 1,955 |
| 2022 | 81 | 2,295 |
| 2023 | 90 | 2,124 |
| 2024 | 128 | 1,622 |
| 2025 | 125 | 1,652 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | 5 | 3,480 |
| 1940 | 6 | 3,130 |
| 1941 | 6 | 3,133 |
| 1942 | 7 | 2,940 |
| 1945 | 7 | 2,743 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,526 |
| 1947 | 9 | 2,671 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,668 |
| 1951 | 5 | 3,714 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,734 |
| 1953 | 10 | 2,531 |
| 1954 | 5 | 3,827 |
| 1955 | 7 | 3,201 |
| 1956 | 6 | 3,535 |
| 1959 | 8 | 3,037 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 332 | 158 |
| 2012 | 308 | 167 |
| 2013 | 230 | 222 |
| 2014 | 196 | 249 |
| 2015 | 137 | 345 |
| 2016 | 121 | 379 |
| 2017 | 85 | 507 |
| 2018 | 63 | 641 |
| 2019 | 60 | 651 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 41 | 860 |
| 2022 | 30 | 1,120 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,288 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Abbie

- Abbie Cornish, Australian actress (1982-)
- Abbie Hoffman, American activist (1936–1989)
- Abbie McManus, English football player (born 1993)
- Abbie Cobb, actress, author
- Abbie Wood, British female swimmer
- Abbie Mitchell, American soprano opera singer (1884–1960)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.