Abby

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

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) · #398 in N. Ireland (2025) · #444 in Ireland (2025) · #540 in Scotland (2025) · #611 in Belgium (2025) · #788 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #2,607 in England & Wales (2025) · #224 in Canada (2024).

Famous Abbys

Abby Wambach — American soccer player (born 1980)
Abby Ryder Fortson — American actress
Abby Elliott — American actress
Abby Dahlkemper — American soccer player
Abby Dalton — American actress (1932–2020)

In stories & tradition

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

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 soccer player (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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