Abbie

Meaning: My father's joy; also glossed 'fountain of joy'
Origin: Variant of Abigail (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #1652 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Abbie is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1881, when it ranked #166. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 22,000 girls since 1880, ranked #1652 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Abbie is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Abbie ranks in other countries and regions.

#160 in Ireland (2025) · #205 in N. Ireland (2025) · #272 in Scotland (2025) · #284 in Ecuador (2025) · #981 in France (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #1,151 in Canada (2024).

Famous Abbies

Abbie Cornish — Australian actress (born 1982)
Abbie McManus — English football player (born 1993)
Abbie Cobb — Actress, author
Abbie Wood — British female swimmer
Abbie Eaton — British racing driver

In stories & tradition

Abbie Carmichael — Law & Order (TV series)
Abbie Simpson — The Simpsons (TV series)
Abbie Putnam — Desire Under the Elms (book)

What Abbies become

Among 126 notable people named Abbie:

Sports figures appear 2.02× more often than among typical names — e.g. Abbie McManus, English football player (born 1993).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Abby (#731), Abbie would rank around #584 with about 500 births last year — the newborns split about 75/25 between Abby and Abbie.

Similar names: Abby · Mollie · Abilene · Bea · Susie · Lizzie

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