Girls' name · since 1917
Abbey
Abbey has 17,509 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,758 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,509
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
17,509 babies have been named Abbey since 1917, making it today's #5758 girls' name.
Abbey has 17,509 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5758 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #1,160 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,758 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17,509 born since 1917
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abbey ranks #1,160 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,758 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17,509 born since 1917, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,758 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,509
- born since 1917
- 1990s
- peak decade
Abbey's 17,509 recorded births place it above 98.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Ohio.
How Abbey compares
17,509 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Abbey's all-time total is 47x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abbey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,509 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 710 | 21 | 19,840 |
Abbey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abbey's full recorded timeline at 1981, 91% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 9% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 710 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abbey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 710
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Abbey popularity over time - boys
35 total births recorded since 1914 (Abbey as boys' name)
Abbey by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5,608 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Abbey's strongest decade.
5,608 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Abbey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 8
1910s
8 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 60
1940s
60 births
- 1950s 158
1950s
158 births
- 1960s 188
1960s
188 births
- 1970s 860
1970s
860 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,688 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,608 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,935 births
- 2010s 1,764
2010s
1,764 births
- 2020s 218
2020s
218 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5,608 births (32% of all-time use).
How Abbey compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Abbey's total volume
Abbey by state
Where Abbey concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 1,219 | 7.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,089 | 6.2% |
| #3 | California | | 948 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 907 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 861 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 751 | 4.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 743 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Florida | | 573 | 3.3% |
1,219 of 17,509 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Abbey appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Abbey's data
- Abbey's decade-level peak was the 1990s (5,608 total births); usage has since declined to 218 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Ohio records the most Abbeys (1,219 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abbey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Abbey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.