Abbot — boys' name
33 babies named Abbot in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Abbot was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Abbot in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abbot
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Abbot between 1914 and 2022, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abbot currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abbot performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Abbot shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abbot 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 33 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.
Abbot at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Abbot popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1914
- Peak year (1914)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
33 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 6 births in a single year.
Abbot by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 22 births that decade — 67% of Abbot's all-time total
Abbot decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Abbot's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–2022 (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.