Abbey
Abbey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 392nd, in 1999.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1999710 births
- Best rank
- #392in 1999
- Since 1917
- 17,488people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,488 girls have been named Abbey in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 710 births.
The name has all but left use: 22 births in 2024, against 710 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 1990s alone account for 32%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Abbey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | |
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 17 | |
| 1940s | 60 | |
| 1950s | 158 | |
| 1960s | 188 | |
| 1970s | 860 | |
| 1980s | 3,688 | |
| 1990s | 5,608 | |
| 2000s | 4,935 | |
| 2010s | 1,764 | |
| 2020s | 197 |
In 1999, its biggest year
Abbey was the 392nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Abbey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Teannapeak 1996
- Shalynpeak 2000
- Kionnapeak 1994
- Yajairapeak 2005
- Shamiapeak 1999
- Keyanapeak 1994
- Preciouspeak 2001
- Shakirapeak 2002
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.