Girls' name · peaked in 1999
Abbey name popularity since 1925
17,526 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Abbey. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Abbey is about 29 years old in 2026. Abbey peaked in 1999 as the #392 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,526
- Named Abbey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,724 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 17,496 girls · 30 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.56× its national share
Peak year is the year Abbey made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Abbey births per year, 1925–2025
1999 was the biggest year for Abbey both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1978 and 1983, Abbey became 2.2× more common, from 1 in 8,700 baby girls to 1 in 3,980.
- Steepest fall: Between 2011 and 2016, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 6,070 to 1 in 12,700.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Abbey's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Abbey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Abbey in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 17 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 60 | 11 | #3,388 |
| 1950s | 158 | 7 | #2,222 |
| 1960s | 188 | 0 | #2,833 |
| 1970s | 860 | 0 | #1,625 |
| 1980s | 3,688 | 0 | #603 |
| 1990s | 5,608 | 6 | #460 |
| 2000s | 4,935 | 6 | #621 |
| 2010s | 1,764 | 0 | #1,416 |
| 2020–25 | 218 | 0 | #5,724 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
44.5% of babies named Abbey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Abbey is most popular
The index compares Abbey's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Abbey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.56× | 325 |
| Iowa | 1.94× | 368 |
| Minnesota | 1.85× | 504 |
| Wisconsin | 1.83× | 539 |
| Ohio | 1.77× | 1,219 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Abbey and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey (this page) | 17,496 | 1999 |
| Abby | 61,506 | 2003 |
| Abbie | 17,599 | 1881 |
| Abbi | 2,083 | 2003 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Abbey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Abbey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Abbey (1999).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data