Abbott — #3680 US boys' name
1,269 babies named Abbott in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Abbott was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Abbott in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abbott
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,269 babies named Abbott between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abbott currently holds the #3680 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 59 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abbott performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 472 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Abbott shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 65 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Abbott in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abbott 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 1,269 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.
Abbott at a glance
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Current rank
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Abbott popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2016)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #3680 among boys.
1,269 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 59 births in a single year.
Abbott popularity over time — girls
24 total births recorded since 2005 (Abbott as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Abbott accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Abbott by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 472 births that decade — 37% of Abbott's all-time total
Abbott decade highlights
- Peak decade 472 births
- Runner-up 174 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Abbott's strongest decade
472 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Abbott by state
Where Abbott concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 65 | 5.1% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 17 | 1.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #4 | California | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
65 of 1,269 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 1.3% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
- California 0.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Abbott appears in 9 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.