Abby Girl
How popular is Abby?
#731 girl name in 2025
379 baby girls were named Abby in the US in 2025, making it the 731st most popular girl name.
Abby popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #731 for girls (▼ 107 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 379 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #434 in 2015, #509 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (2,048 girls) |
| Highest rank | #163 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Abby counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Abby family of names ranked #527 for girls in 2025 (#446 the year before), with 554 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Abby is most popular
Babies named Abby per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (109 girls)
- Maryland: 0.6 per 1,000 (59 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.6 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Florida: 0.5 per 1,000 (227 girls)
- Utah: 0.5 per 1,000 (44 girls)
Abby by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 64 | #560 |
| 1890s | 57 | #796 |
| 1900s | 49 | #1,137 |
| 1910s | 110 | #1,300 |
| 1920s | 177 | #1,468 |
| 1930s | 200 | #1,449 |
| 1940s | 444 | #1,104 |
| 1950s | 1,162 | #766 |
| 1960s | 2,068 | #584 |
| 1970s | 3,138 | #302 |
| 1980s | 11,888 | #200 |
| 1990s | 13,876 | #174 |
| 2000s | 17,217 | #163 |
| 2010s | 8,442 | #284 |
| 2020s | 2,963 | #509 |
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Questions
- Is Abby a boy or girl name?
- Abby is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Abby were girls.
- How popular is the name Abby?
- 379 baby girls were named Abby in the US in 2025, making it the 731st most popular girl name.
- When was Abby most popular?
- Abby peaked in 2003, when 2,048 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #163 in 2001.
- How many people are named Abby?
- 62,036 babies have been named Abby in the US since 1880. We estimate about 59,880 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Abby most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Abby was most common in New Jersey, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.