Abbey Girl
How popular is Abbey?
#5,721 girl name in 2025
21 baby girls were named Abbey in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
Abbey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,721 for girls (▼ 109 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-87% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,416 in 2015, #2,341 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (710 girls) |
| Highest rank | #392 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1917 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Abbey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Abby family of names ranked #527 for girls in 2025 (#446 the year before), with 554 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Abbey is most popular
Babies named Abbey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Abbey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1920s | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,427 |
| 1940s | 60 | #3,192 |
| 1950s | 158 | #2,221 |
| 1960s | 188 | #2,296 |
| 1970s | 860 | #675 |
| 1980s | 3,688 | #475 |
| 1990s | 5,608 | #392 |
| 2000s | 4,935 | #416 |
| 2010s | 1,764 | #886 |
| 2020s | 218 | #2,341 |
Girl names about as popular as Abbey
Questions
- Is Abbey a boy or girl name?
- Abbey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Abbey were girls.
- How popular is the name Abbey?
- 21 baby girls were named Abbey in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
- When was Abbey most popular?
- Abbey peaked in 1999, when 710 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #392 in 1999.
- How many people are named Abbey?
- 17,544 babies have been named Abbey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,141 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
- Where is Abbey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Abbey was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.