NameTides

Abbey

Abbey was the #5,722 girls' name in the US in 2025 (21 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Abbey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Abbey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Abbey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#5,722 (21)————#3,044 (6)——
2024#5,615 (22)————#3,383 (5)——
2023#6,169 (19)———#856 (3)———
2022#4,041 (36)#4,646 (4)——#747 (4)#1,989 (10)——
2021#3,435 (45)#3,192 (7)——#764 (4)———
2020#2,341 (75)#3,899 (5)#636 (4)—#544 (6)———
2019#2,249 (81)#2,643 (9)#560 (5)—#502 (7)#2,374 (8)——
2018#2,647 (65)#1,887 (15)#449 (7)—#436 (9)#1,741 (12)——
2017#2,053 (95)#1,995 (14)#666 (4)#432 (3)#396 (10)#1,506 (15)——
2016#1,590 (139)#1,416 (23)#276 (15)#353 (4)#419 (10)#949 (28)——
2015#1,416 (163)#1,114 (31)#281 (14)#426 (3)#233 (22)#1,157 (21)——
2014#1,446 (157)#779 (50)#212 (22)#439 (3)#203 (26)#948 (28)——
2013#1,101 (222)#839 (45)#209 (21)—#216 (26)#950 (28)——
2012#999 (253)#654 (63)#203 (22)#297 (6)#126 (48)#646 (45)——
2011#898 (290)#575 (70)#188 (24)#277 (6)#199 (29)#559 (52)—#78 (64)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #392.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1917.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 77,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Abbey is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 110,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 69,000 to 1 in 160,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AbbeyCanadaGirls#3,0446
AbbeyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AbbeyIrelandGirls—too few
AbbeyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AbbeyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AbbeyNSWGirls—too few
AbbeyScotlandGirls—too few
AbbeyUSGirls#5,72221
AbbeyUSBoys—too few
AbbeyVICGirls—too few