Abby — #626 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Abby

The Social Security Administration has registered 61,472 babies named Abby between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abby currently holds the #626 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 2,048 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abby performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 17,217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Abby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,405 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Abby in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abby 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 61,472 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.