Abby

Girl name

Abby has been given to 62,036 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2003 and currently ranks #731 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈæb.i/

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

62,036

Peak year

2003 (2,048 babies)

Rank in 2025

#731 for girls

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -48%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Abby Wambach

American soccer player (born 1980)

Abby Ryder Fortson

American actress

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Abby.

62,363 babies since 1954

64,381 babies since 1880

64,583 babies since 1968

57,289 babies since 1968

67,045 babies since 1917

56,724 babies since 1970

67,661 babies since 1920

55,939 babies since 1891

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