Abby

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Abby is a given name, most often a shortened form of Abigail or Albert.

From Wikipedia

Abby first appears in the data in 1999 and has been recorded in 15 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 321 babies (rank #79 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Abby

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

1,838
Total babies (all years)
15
Years in the data
321
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199985#97
2000148#78
2001150#77
2002151#79
200354#102
2004166#67
2005156#71
200693#82
200887#90
200981#94
201075#97
201417#116
2015248#90
2016321#79
20176#224