Abby
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About Abby
Gently old-fashioned stand-alone nickname that owes its popularity to mega popular Abigail.
As of October 2026, Abby ranked #731 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #163 in 2001, Nameberry popularity #930.
Editor's take: The name Abby is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my father is joyful".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #388 | 843 | 471.9 |
| 2015 | #434 | 728 | 407.8 |
| 2016 | #442 | 727 | 410.3 |
| 2017 | #451 | 703 | 407.2 |
| 2018 | #474 | 658 | 386.8 |
| 2019 | #504 | 624 | 371.8 |
| 2020 | #509 | 597 | 369.3 |
| 2021 | #576 | 524 | 319.3 |
| 2022 | #587 | 510 | 311 |
| 2023 | #624 | 475 | 296 |
| 2024 | #626 | 474 | 292.6 |
| 2025 | #731 | 379 | 235.8 |
World rankings
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Famous Abbys
- Abigail "Abby" Van Buren
pen name of American advice columnists Esther and Jeanne Phillips of "Dear Abby"
- Abigale "Abby" Lee Miller
American choreographer and reality TV personality ("Dance Moms")
- Abby Imogen Mavers
English actress
- Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach
American soccer player
- Abigail Loraine "Abby" Hensel
American conjoined twin
- Abigail Suzanne "Abby" Martin
American TV journalist
- Abby Dalton (born Marlene Wasden)
American actress
- Abby Kelley Foster
American abolitionist and reformer
- Abigail Greene "Abby" Aldrich Rockefeller
American socialite and philanthropist
- Abigail Aldrich "Abby" Rockefeller Mauzé
American philanthropist, daughter of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
- Abby May Erceg
New Zealand football player
- Abby Travis
American musician of The Go,Gos
- Abigail Susan "Abby" Eckstein
American child model
- Abby Jones (b. 1997)
daughter of baseball player Todd Jones
- Abby Carlisle (b. 2005)
daughter basketball coach Rick Carlisle
- Abby Jane Johnson
daughter of golfer Zach Johnson
- Abby Franke (b. 2007)
daughter of YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke
- Abigail “Abby” Donnelly
American actress
Abby in pop culture
- Abby Cunningham
character on TV's "Knot's Landing"
- Abby Cadabby
Muppet character on TV's "Sesame Street"
- Abigail "Abby" Bennett Wilson
character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
- Abby Janello
character in movie "Bounce"
- Dr. Abigail Marjorie "Abby" Wyczenski Lockhart
character on TV's "ER"
- Abigail "Abby" Sciuto
character on TV's "NCIS"
- Abby
character in movie "Let Me In"
- Abby Warner
character in "The List" by Siobhan Vivian
- Abby Stafford
character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
- Abby Griffin
character on TV's "The 100"
- Abby Williams
main character in 1974 film "Abby"
- Abigail "Abby" Arcane Cable Holland
wife of Swamp Thing in DC Comics
- Abigail Sarah "Abby" Maitland
character on British TV series "Primeval"
- Abby the Cow
character on animated series, Back at the Barnyard
- Abby Newman
main character on TV series "Abby"
- Abby Newman
character on American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Abigail "Abby" Deveraux
character on American soap opera "Days of our Lives"
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character in Disney's Chicken Little
- Abby Yates
character in the 2016 "Ghostbusters" reboot film
- Abby Turtleby
main character in movie "Our Lips Are Sealed"