Abby

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

Girl's name · #731 in the US (2025) · 2000s

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. 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.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,200 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 1,700 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 2,400 girls in N. Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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
Abby — The Last of Us Part II
Abby Lockhart — ER

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).

Similar names: Abbie · Mikayla · Abilene · Rubi · Jenna · Aniyah

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