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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Abby” in the USA?

Number of people named “Abby” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Abby” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Abby” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Abby” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Abby” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Abby” by birth year

This chart shows how “Abby” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 6 0.000029779 6 100%
1881 7 0.000036328 7 100%
1882 11 0.000049654 11 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 100%
1888 9 0.000030053 9 100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 12 0.00004186 12 100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 7 0.0000181 7 100%
1903 10 0.000026233 10 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 13 0.000020178 13 100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 100%
1915 11 0.000006003 11 100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 100%
1920 15 0.000006629 15 100%
1921 11 0.000004712 11 100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 100%
1923 15 0.000006515 15 100%
1924 20 0.000008398 15 5 50%
1925 26 0.000011143 26 100%
1926 29 0.000012631 24 5 66%
1927 18 0.000007761 18 100%
1928 29 0.000012827 29 100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 100%
1930 16 0.000007197 16 100%
1931 19 0.000009029 19 100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 100%
1934 15 0.000007223 15 100%
1935 26 0.000012441 26 100%
1936 18 0.000008664 18 100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 100%
1938 21 0.000009491 21 100%
1939 24 0.000010892 24 100%
1940 37 0.000016068 37 100%
1941 32 0.000013134 32 100%
1942 51 0.000018669 46 5 80%
1943 52 0.000018423 52 100%
1944 32 0.000011896 32 100%
1945 34 0.000012816 34 100%
1946 47 0.000014709 42 5 79%
1947 54 0.00001499 46 8 70%
1948 65 0.000018827 65 100%
1949 58 0.000016644 58 100%
1950 73 0.000020837 68 5 86%
1951 82 0.00002226 82 100%
1952 95 0.000025013 95 100%
1953 90 0.000023355 85 5 89%
1954 108 0.000027131 108 100%
1955 108 0.000026899 108 100%
1956 117 0.000028377 117 100%
1957 169 0.000040218 169 100%
1958 154 0.000037253 154 100%
1959 176 0.000042328 176 100%
1960 247 0.000059463 241 6 95%
1961 236 0.000056973 236 100%
1962 286 0.000070873 286 100%
1963 236 0.000059623 236 100%
1964 217 0.000055818 217 100%
1965 222 0.000061234 222 100%
1966 187 0.000053803 187 100%
1967 161 0.000047424 161 100%
1968 134 0.000039664 134 100%
1969 148 0.000042586 148 100%
1970 171 0.000047414 171 100%
1971 204 0.000059434 204 100%
1972 167 0.000053134 167 100%
1973 191 0.00006331 191 100%
1974 220 0.000072368 220 100%
1975 240 0.000079486 240 100%
1976 256 0.000084369 256 100%
1977 284 0.000089407 279 5 96%
1978 624 0.000196605 619 5 98%
1979 791 0.000237752 791 100%
1980 935 0.000271447 930 5 99%
1981 1217 0.000351798 1211 6 99%
1982 1305 0.000372011 1299 6 99%
1983 1315 0.000379691 1310 5 99%
1984 1263 0.00036202 1263 100%
1985 1214 0.000340141 1207 7 99%
1986 1125 0.000316271 1120 5 99%
1987 1060 0.000293986 1052 8 98%
1988 1230 0.000332878 1222 8 99%
1989 1281 0.000333208 1274 7 99%
1990 1293 0.000327137 1293 100%
1991 1174 0.000301392 1174 100%
1992 1081 0.000281417 1081 100%
1993 1176 0.000311913 1176 100%
1994 1372 0.00036905 1372 100%
1995 1383 0.000377647 1378 5 99%
1996 1426 0.000390985 1419 7 99%
1997 1565 0.000431635 1565 100%
1998 1614 0.000438801 1608 6 99%
1999 1818 0.000492167 1810 8 99%
2000 1566 0.000414296 1566 100%
2001 1986 0.000530535 1986 100%
2002 1961 0.000524571 1961 100%
2003 2048 0.000538619 2048 100%
2004 2044 0.000534949 2024 20 98%
2005 1754 0.000456195 1754 100%
2006 1692 0.000427684 1686 6 99%
2007 1587 0.00039698 1579 8 99%
2008 1337 0.000340146 1332 5 99%
2009 1286 0.000336634 1281 5 99%
2010 1149 0.000310899 1149 100%
2011 1065 0.000291159 1065 100%
2012 1038 0.000283811 1038 100%
2013 907 0.000248789 907 100%
2014 843 0.000227446 843 100%
2015 728 0.000196708 728 100%
2016 727 0.000198163 727 100%
2017 703 0.000196578 703 100%
2018 658 0.00018715 658 100%
2019 624 0.000179779 624 100%
2020 597 0.000178712 597 100%
2021 524 0.000154666 524 100%
2022 510 0.000150748 510 100%
2023 475 0.000143453 475 100%
2024 474 0.000142406 474 100%

Explore other names

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  4. Abbriella
  5. Abbrielle
  6. Abby (this page)
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  8. Abbygael
  9. Abbygail
  10. Abbygaile
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