Abbey — #5614 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Abbey

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,488 babies named Abbey between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abbey currently holds the #5614 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 710 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abbey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5,608 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Abbey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 1,219 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Abbey in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abbey 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 17,488 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.