Abi — #6222 US girls' name
622 babies named Abi in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Abi was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Abi in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abi
The Social Security Administration has registered 622 babies named Abi between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abi currently holds the #6222 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Abi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Abi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abi 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 622 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.
Abi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Abi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2016)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #6222 among girls.
622 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 27 births in a single year.
Abi popularity over time — boys
22 total births recorded since 2005 (Abi as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Abi accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Abi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 185 births that decade — 30% of Abi's all-time total
Abi decade highlights
- Peak decade 185 births
- Runner-up 180 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Abi's strongest decade
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Abi by state
Where Abi concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 2.6% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
16 of 622 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- California 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–2024 (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.