Abbie — #1617 US girls' name
22,101 babies named Abbie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Abbie was born in this single decade.
537 babies were named Abbie in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abbie
The Social Security Administration has registered 22,101 babies named Abbie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abbie currently holds the #1617 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 537 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abbie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 4,635 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Abbie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,339 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Abbie in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abbie 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 22,101 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.
Abbie at a glance
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Current rank
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Abbie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2003)
- 537
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1617 among girls.
22,101 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 537 births in a single year.
Abbie popularity over time — boys
330 total births recorded since 1887 (Abbie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Abbie accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Abbie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 4,635 births that decade — 21% of Abbie's all-time total
Abbie decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,635 births
- Runner-up 3,406 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Abbie's strongest decade
4,635 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Abbie by state
Where Abbie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,339 | 6.1% |
| #2 | California | | 928 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 724 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 699 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 696 | 3.1% |
| #6 | New York | | 641 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 567 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 559 | 2.5% |
1,339 of 22,101 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- California 4.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.3% of nationwide
- Alabama 3.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Abbie appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.