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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.

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).

1996Busiest: 1,648 in 20032025
Abbie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202528#1,217
202457#717
202358#681
202258#697
202193#498
202083#529
2019122#394
2018123#399
2017168#318
2016247#236
2015252#232
2014341#179
2013370#158
2012490#131
2011562#115
2010667#99
2009699#93
2008867#82
2007930#76
20061,027#65
20051,318#50
20041,634#35
20031,648#33
20021,439#40
20011,410#43
20001,333#44
19991,222#52
19981,224#51
19971,224#54
19961,415#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.

1880Busiest: 537 in 20032025
Abbie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025125#1,652
2024128#1,622
202390#2,124
202281#2,295
2021100#1,955
202088#2,078
201991#2,070
2018120#1,717
2017125#1,703
2016178#1,330
2015213#1,183
2014245#1,057
2013245#1,017
2012344#790
2011340#797
2010329#818
2009370#768
2008401#741
2007469#633
2006440#657
2005445#628
2004500#571
2003537#525
2002514#533
2001526#513
2000433#591
1999430#579
1998398#603
1997386#593
1996349#643
1995351#622
1994351#627
1993292#724
1992260#784
1991275#752
1990314#678
1989265#742
1988226#809
1987228#777
1986228#758
1985234#737
1984249#679
1983223#734
1982275#650
1981292#621
1980231#725
1979237#713
1978177#836
197759#1,736
197693#1,216
197570#1,459
197475#1,369
197378#1,302
197257#1,594
197172#1,445
197058#1,619
196954#1,635
196854#1,559
196757#1,478
196669#1,304
196569#1,302
1964101#1,085
196395#1,119
196284#1,203
196192#1,143
196094#1,116
1959104#1,046
1958140#860
1957120#938
195693#1,057
195595#1,030
195471#1,185
195371#1,145
195275#1,087
195157#1,223
195068#1,113
194940#1,451
194850#1,297
194747#1,336
194650#1,219
194544#1,186
194449#1,114
194357#1,062
194265#968
194149#1,041
194058#944
193970#824
193856#949
193752#964
193645#1,039
193560#892
193459#888
193364#834
193257#933
193171#806
193076#810
192979#789
192892#739
1927103#711
1926105#708
1925128#647
192497#756
1923129#649
1922143#603
1921133#643
192098#729
1919147#569
1918120#644
1917136#582
1916146#552
1915124#583
191499#566
1913121#451
191290#503
191177#467
191079#449
190957#496
190884#397
190779#398
190672#403
190573#393
190480#365
190391#324
190291#324
190187#322
1900112#316
189987#321
1898120#279
189797#290
1896121#258
189592#301
1894118#249
1893115#247
1892119#245
1891124#214
1890140#199
1889107#224
1888137#191
1887104#197
188684#217
188588#200
188498#181
188379#190
188280#177
188181#166
188071#178

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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.