Abby

Meaning: My father's joy, or fountain of joy
Origin: Hebrew — Short form of Abigail

Girl's name · #731 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Abby's best rank, #163, came in 2001; it has settled back to #731 today. Roughly 62,000 girls have been named Abby since 1880.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#131 in Ecuador (2025) · #170 in Netherlands (2025) · #315 in France (2025) · #367 in Canada (2025) · #397 in N. Ireland (2025) · #443 in Ireland (2025) · #539 in Scotland (2025) · #611 in Belgium (2025) · #788 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #2,605 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,302 in Austria (2024) and 6 more.

Famous Abbys

Abby Wambach — American footballer (born 1980)
Abby Elliott — American actress (born 1987)
Abby Ryder Fortson — American actress (born 2008)
Abby Lee Miller — American dance instructor (born 1965)
Abby Martin — American journalist (born 1984 or 1985)

In stories & tradition

Abby Sciuto — NCIS (TV series)
Abby — The Last of Us Part II (video game)
Abby Lockhart — Fictional character from ER

What Abbys become

Among 367 notable people named Abby:

Sports figures appear 2.14× more often than among typical names — e.g. Abby Wambach, American footballer (born 1980).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Abbie (#1652), Abby would rank around #584 with about 500 births last year — the newborns split about 75/25 between Abby and Abbie.

Similar names: Abbie · Mikayla · Abilene · Rubi · Jenna · Aniyah

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