Girls' name · peaked in 1881
Abbie name popularity since 1925
17,809 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Abbie (98.8% girls, 1.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1996 or earlier, so the typical Abbie is about 30 years old in 2026. Abbie peaked in 1881 as the #166 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,809
- Named Abbie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1881
- #166 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,652 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.8% girls
- 17,599 girls · 210 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.55× its national share
Peak year is the year Abbie 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.
Abbie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 2003. Measured as a share of all babies, Abbie peaked earlier, in 1881.
- Fastest rise: Between 1992 and 1997, Abbie became 1.6× more common, from 1 in 7,090 baby girls to 1 in 4,510.
- Steepest fall: Between 2012 and 2017, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 5,120 to 1 in 13,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Abbie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Abbie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Abbie 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 | 507 | 42 | – |
| 1930s | 610 | 77 | #892 |
| 1940s | 509 | 45 | #1,187 |
| 1950s | 894 | 46 | #1,031 |
| 1960s | 769 | 0 | #1,302 |
| 1970s | 976 | 0 | #1,459 |
| 1980s | 2,451 | 0 | #737 |
| 1990s | 3,406 | 0 | #622 |
| 2000s | 4,635 | 0 | #628 |
| 2010s | 2,230 | 0 | #1,183 |
| 2020–25 | 612 | 0 | #1,652 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
38.5% of babies named Abbie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Abbie is most popular
The index compares Abbie'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 Abbie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.55× | 390 |
| Alabama | 2.47× | 563 |
| Iowa | 2.34× | 384 |
| Louisiana | 1.99× | 461 |
| Georgia | 1.69× | 602 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Abbie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbie (this page) | 17,599 | 1881 |
| Abby | 61,506 | 2003 |
| Abbey | 17,496 | 1999 |
| 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 Abbie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Abbie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Abbie (1881).
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