# Abi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abi/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 654 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 22 / 632 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,586, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Abigail.

## 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 | 14 | 8,198 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,577 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,034 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,715 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,722 |
| 2016 | 27 | 4,992 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,341 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,150 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,344 |
| 2020 | 13 | 7,971 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,255 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,633 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,060 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,168 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,460 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 11,488 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10,935 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,002 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,298 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 144 | 319 |
| 2009 | 89 | 467 |
| 2010 | 52 | 709 |
| 2011 | 57 | 681 |
| 2012 | 28 | 1,184 |
| 2013 | 33 | 1,075 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |

## People named Abi

- Abi Tucker, Australian actor-singer
- Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter (born 1971)

## 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.