Abbie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AB-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,217 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,652 for girls
- Style
- Big in Scotland, big in Northern Ireland
Abbie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is joy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 1,652nd for girls in the US (125 babies).
What does Abbie mean?
Hebrew: short form of Abigail
“my father is joy”
Abigail is a wife of King David in the Bible, praised for her good sense.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Abbie a girl's or a boy's name?
Abbie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 125 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abbie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,217th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Abbie, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 529th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 1,648 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Abbie since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Abbie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 46 girls in the UK were given Abbie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #770, up from #1,217 for this spelling alone.
- Abbie 28
- Abby 18
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales, 272nd in Scotland and 205th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#62) and 2004 (#44).
Abbie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 57 | #717 |
| 2023 | 58 | #681 |
| 2022 | 58 | #697 |
| 2021 | 93 | #498 |
| 2020 | 83 | #529 |
| 2019 | 122 | #394 |
| 2018 | 123 | #399 |
| 2017 | 168 | #318 |
| 2016 | 247 | #236 |
| 2015 | 252 | #232 |
| 2014 | 341 | #179 |
| 2013 | 370 | #158 |
| 2012 | 490 | #131 |
| 2011 | 562 | #115 |
| 2010 | 667 | #99 |
| 2009 | 699 | #93 |
| 2008 | 867 | #82 |
| 2007 | 930 | #76 |
| 2006 | 1,027 | #65 |
| 2005 | 1,318 | #50 |
| 2004 | 1,634 | #35 |
| 2003 | 1,648 | #33 |
| 2002 | 1,439 | #40 |
| 2001 | 1,410 | #43 |
| 2000 | 1,333 | #44 |
| 1999 | 1,222 | #52 |
| 1998 | 1,224 | #51 |
| 1997 | 1,224 | #54 |
| 1996 | 1,415 | #51 |
How popular is Abbie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,652nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 125 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 125 girls in the US were named Abbie, making it the 1,652nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,078th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 537 girls.
Half of all the girls named Abbie in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 533 girls in the US were given Abbie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #561, up from #1,652 for this spelling alone.
Abbie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125 | #1,652 |
| 2024 | 128 | #1,622 |
| 2023 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2022 | 81 | #2,295 |
| 2021 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2020 | 88 | #2,078 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 120 | #1,717 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,703 |
| 2016 | 178 | #1,330 |
| 2015 | 213 | #1,183 |
| 2014 | 245 | #1,057 |
| 2013 | 245 | #1,017 |
| 2012 | 344 | #790 |
| 2011 | 340 | #797 |
| 2010 | 329 | #818 |
| 2009 | 370 | #768 |
| 2008 | 401 | #741 |
| 2007 | 469 | #633 |
| 2006 | 440 | #657 |
| 2005 | 445 | #628 |
| 2004 | 500 | #571 |
| 2003 | 537 | #525 |
| 2002 | 514 | #533 |
| 2001 | 526 | #513 |
| 2000 | 433 | #591 |
| 1999 | 430 | #579 |
| 1998 | 398 | #603 |
| 1997 | 386 | #593 |
| 1996 | 349 | #643 |
| 1995 | 351 | #622 |
| 1994 | 351 | #627 |
| 1993 | 292 | #724 |
| 1992 | 260 | #784 |
| 1991 | 275 | #752 |
| 1990 | 314 | #678 |
| 1989 | 265 | #742 |
| 1988 | 226 | #809 |
| 1987 | 228 | #777 |
| 1986 | 228 | #758 |
| 1985 | 234 | #737 |
| 1984 | 249 | #679 |
| 1983 | 223 | #734 |
| 1982 | 275 | #650 |
| 1981 | 292 | #621 |
| 1980 | 231 | #725 |
| 1979 | 237 | #713 |
| 1978 | 177 | #836 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 93 | #1,216 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 75 | #1,369 |
| 1973 | 78 | #1,302 |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,594 |
| 1971 | 72 | #1,445 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,619 |
| 1969 | 54 | #1,635 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,559 |
| 1967 | 57 | #1,478 |
| 1966 | 69 | #1,304 |
| 1965 | 69 | #1,302 |
| 1964 | 101 | #1,085 |
| 1963 | 95 | #1,119 |
| 1962 | 84 | #1,203 |
| 1961 | 92 | #1,143 |
| 1960 | 94 | #1,116 |
| 1959 | 104 | #1,046 |
| 1958 | 140 | #860 |
| 1957 | 120 | #938 |
| 1956 | 93 | #1,057 |
| 1955 | 95 | #1,030 |
| 1954 | 71 | #1,185 |
| 1953 | 71 | #1,145 |
| 1952 | 75 | #1,087 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,223 |
| 1950 | 68 | #1,113 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,451 |
| 1948 | 50 | #1,297 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,336 |
| 1946 | 50 | #1,219 |
| 1945 | 44 | #1,186 |
| 1944 | 49 | #1,114 |
| 1943 | 57 | #1,062 |
| 1942 | 65 | #968 |
| 1941 | 49 | #1,041 |
| 1940 | 58 | #944 |
| 1939 | 70 | #824 |
| 1938 | 56 | #949 |
| 1937 | 52 | #964 |
| 1936 | 45 | #1,039 |
| 1935 | 60 | #892 |
| 1934 | 59 | #888 |
| 1933 | 64 | #834 |
| 1932 | 57 | #933 |
| 1931 | 71 | #806 |
| 1930 | 76 | #810 |
| 1929 | 79 | #789 |
| 1928 | 92 | #739 |
| 1927 | 103 | #711 |
| 1926 | 105 | #708 |
| 1925 | 128 | #647 |
| 1924 | 97 | #756 |
| 1923 | 129 | #649 |
| 1922 | 143 | #603 |
| 1921 | 133 | #643 |
| 1920 | 98 | #729 |
| 1919 | 147 | #569 |
| 1918 | 120 | #644 |
| 1917 | 136 | #582 |
| 1916 | 146 | #552 |
| 1915 | 124 | #583 |
| 1914 | 99 | #566 |
| 1913 | 121 | #451 |
| 1912 | 90 | #503 |
| 1911 | 77 | #467 |
| 1910 | 79 | #449 |
| 1909 | 57 | #496 |
| 1908 | 84 | #397 |
| 1907 | 79 | #398 |
| 1906 | 72 | #403 |
| 1905 | 73 | #393 |
| 1904 | 80 | #365 |
| 1903 | 91 | #324 |
| 1902 | 91 | #324 |
| 1901 | 87 | #322 |
| 1900 | 112 | #316 |
| 1899 | 87 | #321 |
| 1898 | 120 | #279 |
| 1897 | 97 | #290 |
| 1896 | 121 | #258 |
| 1895 | 92 | #301 |
| 1894 | 118 | #249 |
| 1893 | 115 | #247 |
| 1892 | 119 | #245 |
| 1891 | 124 | #214 |
| 1890 | 140 | #199 |
| 1889 | 107 | #224 |
| 1888 | 137 | #191 |
| 1887 | 104 | #197 |
| 1886 | 84 | #217 |
| 1885 | 88 | #200 |
| 1884 | 98 | #181 |
| 1883 | 79 | #190 |
| 1882 | 80 | #177 |
| 1881 | 81 | #166 |
| 1880 | 71 | #178 |
Names like Abbie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophie, Anna, Ellie, Annie, Hannah, Sarah, Chloe, Alice, Millie, Leah, Elsie, Emma
Other spellings of Abbie
Names related to Abbie
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Abbie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abbie, updated 20 October 2026.