Abbott
Boy · AB-ut · English
Abbott is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “abbot”. In 2025 it ranked 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Abbott mean?
English: surname from the word abbot, via Latin from Aramaic abba
“abbot”
An English surname for someone who worked in an abbot's household; the word abbot goes back to Aramaic abba, 'father'.
- Say it
- AB-ut
Is Abbott a girl's or a boy's name?
Abbott is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abbott in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Abbott, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 59 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Abbott than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Abbott in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abbott in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,255 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 47 | #2,580 |
| 2013 | 53 | #2,363 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,659 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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