Abbey

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Abbey is a unisex given name. Notable people with the given name include:

From Wikipedia

Abbey first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 19 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2002 with 265 babies (rank #36 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Abbey

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Abbey yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

2,941

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

265

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Abbey

Abbey Lincolnjazz singer · b. 1930
Abbey Leemodel · b. 1987

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	95	#90
1997	163	#73
1998	184	#63
1999	186	#61
2000	225	#53
2001	222	#52
2002	265	#36
2003	227	#44
2004	225	#41
2005	248	#39
2006	124	#57
2007	129	#53
2008	106	#69
2009	80	#96
2010	101	#62
2014	3	#418
2015	112	#120
2016	244	#97
2017	2	#561