Abbe
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AB-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
Abbe is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is joy”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Abbe mean?
Hebrew: short form of Abigail
“my father is joy”
Short form of Abigail, the wise wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible.
Is Abbe a girl's or a boy's name?
Abbe is a girls' name.
How popular is Abbe in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1958, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Abbe in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abbe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,931 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,232 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 22 | #2,585 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,946 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,654 |
| 1959 | 48 | #1,566 |
| 1958 | 78 | #1,202 |
| 1957 | 77 | #1,201 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,680 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,479 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,577 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Names like Abbe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abbe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abbe, updated 20 October 2026.