Abbey is an established variant of Abby that peaked in 1999 and has since faded.
Abbey is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,724 for girl births in the United States (and #9,950 across all names), given to 21 babies. Abbey was first reported in SSA data in 1914 and peaked in 1999 (710 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | #5,724 | — |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | #5,616 | — |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | #6,170 | — |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | #4,041 | — |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | #3,436 | — |
| 2020 | 75 | 75 | #2,341 | — |
| 2019 | 81 | 81 | #2,249 | — |
| 2018 | 65 | 65 | #2,647 | — |
| 2017 | 95 | 95 | #2,053 | — |
| 2016 | 139 | 139 | #1,590 | — |
| 2015 | 163 | 163 | #1,416 | — |
| 2014 | 157 | 157 | #1,446 | — |
| 2013 | 222 | 222 | #1,101 | — |
| 2012 | 253 | 253 | #999 | — |
| 2011 | 290 | 290 | #898 | — |
| 2010 | 299 | 299 | #886 | — |
| 2009 | 307 | 307 | #893 | — |
| 2008 | 344 | 344 | #825 | — |
| 2007 | 349 | 349 | #822 | — |
| 2006 | 404 | 404 | #703 | — |
| 2005 | 453 | 453 | #621 | — |
| 2004 | 511 | 511 | #567 | #9,953 |
| 2003 | 625 | 625 | #474 | — |
| 2002 | 600 | 600 | #472 | — |
| 2001 | 688 | 688 | #416 | — |
| 2000 | 660 | 660 | #425 | — |
| 1999 | 716 | 716 | #392 | #8,707 |
| 1998 | 662 | 662 | #408 | — |
| 1997 | 646 | — | #406 | — |
| 1996 | 552 | — | #454 | — |
| 1995 | 549 | — | #460 | — |
| 1994 | 597 | — | #420 | — |
| 1993 | 503 | — | #496 | — |
| 1992 | 430 | — | #545 | — |
| 1991 | 451 | — | #515 | — |
| 1990 | 508 | — | #481 | — |
| 1989 | 470 | — | #500 | — |
| 1988 | 404 | — | #539 | — |
| 1987 | 327 | — | #597 | — |
| 1986 | 370 | — | #548 | — |
| 1985 | 314 | — | #603 | — |
| 1984 | 357 | — | #538 | — |
| 1983 | 420 | — | #475 | — |
| 1982 | 370 | — | #529 | — |
| 1981 | 383 | — | #514 | — |
| 1980 | 273 | — | #659 | — |
| 1979 | 255 | — | #675 | — |
| 1978 | 176 | — | #842 | — |
| 1977 | 81 | — | #1,380 | — |
| 1976 | 57 | — | #1,694 | — |
| 1975 | 60 | — | #1,625 | — |
| 1974 | 62 | — | #1,553 | — |
| 1973 | 56 | — | #1,622 | — |
| 1972 | 33 | — | #2,276 | — |
| 1971 | 47 | — | #1,857 | — |
| 1970 | 33 | — | #2,307 | — |
| 1969 | 31 | — | #2,296 | — |
| 1968 | 16 | — | #3,315 | — |
| 1967 | 18 | — | #2,963 | — |
| 1966 | 19 | — | #2,840 | — |
| 1965 | 19 | — | #2,833 | — |
| 1964 | 14 | — | #3,515 | — |
| 1963 | 14 | — | #3,458 | — |
| 1962 | 17 | — | #3,033 | — |
| 1961 | 20 | — | #2,752 | — |
| 1960 | 20 | — | #2,730 | — |
| 1959 | 22 | — | #2,458 | — |
| 1958 | 18 | — | #2,755 | — |
| 1957 | 22 | — | #2,416 | — |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #3,696 | — |
| 1955 | 24 | — | #2,222 | — |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #3,325 | — |
| 1953 | 11 | — | #3,480 | — |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,806 | — |
| 1951 | 23 | — | #2,577 | #3,066 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #4,316 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | — | #3,892 | — |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #3,884 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | — | #5,295 | — |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #3,994 | #3,174 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | #3,388 | — |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,378 | — |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #3,801 | — |
| 1942 | 9 | — | #3,194 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | — | — | #3,459 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #3,429 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,343 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,411 | — |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #5,099 | — |
| 1917 | 8 | — | #3,344 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | — | — | #3,264 |