# Abbott (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abbott/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæbət/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Abbett, Abbitt, Abbot, Abbotts, Abott |
| US babies named this | 1,320 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,296 / 24 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

An occupational surname for someone employed by an abbot. In the U.S., sometimes an anglicization of Italian Abate, Spanish Abad or German Abt. Doublet of Abad.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 16,476 |
| 2012 | 5 | 16,891 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11,936 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,498 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,046 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,954 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,364 |
| 2014 | 47 | 2,582 |
| 2015 | 45 | 2,685 |
| 2016 | 59 | 2,255 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,240 |
| 2018 | 54 | 2,418 |
| 2019 | 45 | 2,766 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,202 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,122 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,464 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,177 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,693 |
| 2025 | 27 | 3,949 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَبُوت, أَبُوت
- Chinese: 阿博特
- Japanese: アボット
- Korean: 애벗
- Russian: Э́ббот
- Catalan: Abat
- Dutch: Abt, Abts
- French: Labbé
- German: Abt, Abts
- Italian: Abate
- Spanish: Abad

## People named Abbott

- Edwin Abbott Abbott, British theologian and author (1838-1926)
- Abbott Handerson Thayer, American artist (1849-1921)
- Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English barrister and humorist (1811-1856)
- Abbott Lawrence Lowell, American educator and legal scholar (1856–1943)
- Timothy Abbott Conrad, American paleontologist, malacologist, and geologist (1803–1877)
- Abbott Lawrence, American politician (1792–1855)
- A. J. Liebling, American journalist (1904–1963)

## 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.