Abbe — girls' name

What the Data Says About Abbe

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,325 babies named Abbe between 1949 and 2014, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abbe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abbe performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 417 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Abbe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Abbe in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abbe in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,325 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.