# Abby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abby/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæb.i/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Abbe, Abbey, Abbi, Abbie, Abi, Abbee |
| US babies named this | 62,036 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 181 / 61,855 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,790, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 1,065 | 295 |
| 2012 | 1,038 | 309 |
| 2013 | 907 | 352 |
| 2014 | 843 | 388 |
| 2015 | 728 | 434 |
| 2016 | 727 | 442 |
| 2017 | 703 | 451 |
| 2018 | 658 | 474 |
| 2019 | 624 | 505 |
| 2020 | 597 | 509 |
| 2021 | 524 | 576 |
| 2022 | 510 | 587 |
| 2023 | 475 | 624 |
| 2024 | 478 | 624 |
| 2025 | 379 | 731 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | 6,238 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,149 |
| 1986 | 5 | 6,725 |
| 1987 | 8 | 4,969 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,201 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,231 |
| 1995 | 5 | 8,872 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,138 |
| 1998 | 6 | 8,479 |
| 1999 | 8 | 7,139 |
| 2004 | 20 | 4,265 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,665 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8,921 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,561 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,498 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 105 | 420 |
| 2012 | 71 | 596 |
| 2013 | 68 | 604 |
| 2014 | 59 | 668 |
| 2015 | 45 | 831 |
| 2016 | 53 | 744 |
| 2017 | 37 | 982 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,267 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,785 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

## People named Abby

- Abby Wambach, American soccer player (born 1980)
- Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress
- Abby Dahlkemper, American soccer player
- Abby Elliott, American actress
- Abby Dalton, American actress (1932–2020)
- Abby Martin, American journalist
- Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player (born 1988)
- Abby Brammell, American actress
- Abby Steiner, American track athlete
- Abby Kelley Foster, American activist (1811–1887)
- Abby Johnston, American Olympic diver
- Abby Lee Miller, American dance instructor and choreographer (born 1965)

## 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.