Abby
Abby is ranked 626th among girls in 2024 (474 births). Its best rank was 163rd, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- #626down 2 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4740.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 20032,048 births
- Best rank
- #163in 2001
- Since 1880
- 61,472people given the name
The story in the numbers
61,472 girls have been named Abby in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 2,048 births — 0.11% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 388 → 626).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 28%. It has spent 81 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Abby | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | |
| 1890s | 57 | |
| 1900s | 49 | |
| 1910s | 110 | |
| 1920s | 177 | |
| 1930s | 200 | |
| 1940s | 444 | |
| 1950s | 1,162 | |
| 1960s | 2,068 | |
| 1970s | 3,138 | |
| 1980s | 11,888 | |
| 1990s | 13,876 | |
| 2000s | 17,217 | |
| 2010s | 8,442 | |
| 2020s | 2,580 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Abby was the 164th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2003 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Hannah and Olivia. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Abby
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Abbipeak 2003
- Anishapeak 2002
- Roshnipeak 1998
- Erynpeak 2000
- Brynnepeak 2003
- Analisapeak 2000
- Shaylapeak 1999
- Karahpeak 2000
Other spellings in the data
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.