Abbott

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Abbott is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 30 births. Its best rank was 910th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 300.00% of boys
Peak year: 201659 births
Best rank: #910in 1880
Since 1880: 1,269people given the name

Babies named Abbott, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

1,269 boys have been named Abbott in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 59 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 37%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Abbott
1880s	11
1900s	5
1910s	109
1920s	125
1930s	74
1940s	63
1950s	57
1960s	24
1970s	6
1980s	10
1990s	29
2000s	110
2010s	472
2020s	174

In 2016, its biggest year

Abbott was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Abbott

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.