first name
ABBEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,101 people named Abbey, 88% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% as two or more races. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Abbey peaked in 1999, when 716 babies got the name.
At least 17,544 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Abbey by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #862. The largest share of babies named Abbey, 44.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Abbey is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abbey has been most common in Utah (2.7×), Iowa (1.9×), and Minnesota (1.8×), and least common in West Virginia (0.28×).
14,755 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Abbey
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abbey, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Abbey ranks #6,462 of 156,621, with 5,055 people. See Abbey as a last name
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