Girls' name · since 1957
Abbye
184 babies named Abbye in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,630 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1957
- 1990s
- peak decade
Abbye sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 184 recorded since 1957.
Social Security Administration records show Abbye recorded 184 times among girls since 1957, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2010.
- #20,630 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 184 born since 1957
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abbye ranks #20,630 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 1957, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,630 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1957
- 1990s
- peak decade
Abbye's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Abbye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abbye's full recorded timeline at 1995, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abbye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2010
- Peak year (1995)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Abbye by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (81 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Abbye's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Abbye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
81 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 81 births (44% of all-time use).
Abbye by state
Where Abbye concentrates geographically, total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 184 births nationwide.
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What to do with Abbye's data
- Abbye's decade-level peak was the 1990s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Abbyes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Abbye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1957–2010 (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 Abbye 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.