NameTides

Abby

Abby was the #731 girls' name in the US in 2025 (379 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #367 in Canada.

Abby as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Abby 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Abby 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#731 (379)#2,605 (10)#539 (5)#397 (3)#443 (8)#367 (84)——
2024#624 (478)#1,819 (16)#351 (9)—#441 (8)#226 (127)——
2023#624 (475)#2,504 (10)#630 (4)—#296 (13)#256 (114)——
2022#587 (510)#1,501 (20)#531 (5)—#222 (20)#249 (119)——
2021#576 (524)#1,785 (16)#396 (8)#298 (5)#390 (10)#216 (142)——
2020#509 (597)#1,267 (25)#313 (11)—#336 (12)#184 (155)——
2019#505 (624)#1,497 (20)#286 (13)—#284 (16)#145 (196)——
2018#474 (658)#1,234 (27)#324 (11)#434 (3)#244 (19)#167 (177)——
2017#451 (703)#982 (37)#229 (19)#206 (9)#241 (20)#173 (172)——
2016#442 (727)#744 (53)#174 (28)#440 (3)#236 (20)#174 (180)——
2015#434 (728)#831 (45)#236 (17)—#204 (26)#172 (180)——
2014#388 (843)#668 (59)#261 (17)#178 (11)#188 (28)#175 (194)——
2013#352 (907)#604 (68)#136 (35)#178 (11)#165 (36)#203 (165)——
2012#309 (1,038)#596 (71)#135 (34)#229 (8)#129 (47)#218 (149)——
2011#295 (1,065)#420 (105)#137 (34)#246 (7)#157 (39)#193 (165)—#98 (51)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #164.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 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 4,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Abby is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 4,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Abby by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #748ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: #470NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #662CAUtah: #539UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #684TXFlorida: #555FL
Abby (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#11052
Ontario2024#44228

Abby (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AbbyCanadaGirls#36784
AbbyEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
AbbyIrelandGirls#4438
AbbyNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
AbbyNSWGirls—too few
AbbyScotlandGirls#5395
AbbyUSGirls#731379
AbbyUSBoys—too few
AbbyVICGirls—too few