How Many People Are Named Abby?
people named Abby are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,724 people in the US has this name
Based on 62,036 babies named Abby in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,048 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ABIGAIL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Abby in English. Counting Abby and these spellings together, about 94,815 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Abby (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Abby alive today is about 28 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Abby first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2003, to 2,048 babies. In 2025, 379 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Abby has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #163, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #731.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #731 |
| Best rank | #163 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #194 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Abby alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Abby were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,365 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Abby was given 3.4 times as often in South Dakota, 2.9 times in Iowa and 2.9 times in North Dakota.
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