Abey — unisex name
17 babies named Abey in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Abey was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Abey in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abey
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Abey between 2003 and 2006, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Abey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2001.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abey 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 17 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.
Abey at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Abey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
17 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 6 births in a single year.
Abey popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2001 (Abey as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Abey accounts for 37% of total recorded use across both genders.
Abey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Abey's all-time total
Abey decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Abey's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2003–2006 (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.