Abbie

“Variant of Abigail — My father's joy; also glossed 'fountain of joy'” — Hebrew origin

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

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. 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.

Around the world: about 1 in 730 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 910 girls in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,400 girls in Scotland (2025).

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

Famous Abbies

Abbie Cornish — Australian actress (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
Abbie Simpson — The Simpsons
Abbie Putnam — Desire Under the Elms

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).

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

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