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How popular is the name Abby?
Births per year, rank history and how many Abbies are alive today.
Abby (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Abbie in England and Wales, ranked 2605th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 500 babies were given the name, the 100th most popular that year. It has declined since 2003; the 2025 figure is roughly 2% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Abbie you are most likely to meet is around 23 years old. Half of all Abbies born in England and Wales are between 22 and 31, and there are at least 33,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 10% chance that at least one of them will be called Abbie.
How many babies are named Abby each year?
Includes all spellings: Abby, Abbey, Abbi, Abbie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Abby spelling rank?
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Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Abby most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Abbie, peaked in 2003, when 2,069 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Abby spelling itself peaked in 2003, with 500 babies.
How many people are called Abby?
At least 33,000 people named Abby in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Abby?
Most living Abbies are between 22 and 31; the most common age is about 23.
Is Abby becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2003 peak.