Abi
Girl · AB-ee · Hebrew
Abi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is joy”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Abi mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Abbie; short form of Abigail
“my father is joy”
Abigail is a wife of King David in the Bible, praised for her good sense.
- Say it
- AB-ee
Meaning borrowed from Abbie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Abi a girl's or a boy's name?
Abi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 311 girls.
Half of all the girls named Abi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 55 | #772 |
| 2013 | 65 | #680 |
| 2012 | 50 | #831 |
| 2011 | 105 | #458 |
| 2010 | 92 | #497 |
| 2009 | 145 | #343 |
| 2008 | 243 | #236 |
| 2007 | 219 | #259 |
| 2006 | 244 | #221 |
| 2005 | 311 | #187 |
| 2004 | 287 | #190 |
| 2003 | 97 | #412 |
| 2002 | 47 | #642 |
| 2001 | 35 | #768 |
| 2000 | 37 | #715 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 32 | #789 |
| 1997 | 32 | #797 |
| 1996 | 48 | #568 |
How popular is Abi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Abi, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer girls named Abi than any year since 2001.
Half of all the girls named Abi in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 533 girls in the US were given Abi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #561, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Abi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Abi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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