girl's name

Abbe

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 1,339

Abbe is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2014 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1958, when 78 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1949.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Abbe over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

417
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Abbe by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 5
1950s 417
1960s 292
1970s 185
1980s 199
1990s 124
2000s 92
2010s (to 2014) 11

How popular is Abbe?

In 2014, Abbe was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Abbe is used

England & Wales #4,997 3 in 2003
United States #15,104 6 in 2014

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Abbe

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Abbe also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Abbe over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Abbe

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Abbe — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Abbe

How popular is the name Abbe?

In 2014, Abbe was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Abbe a girl's or a boy's name?

Abbe is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Abbe?

Abbe has 2 syllables.

When was Abbe most popular?

Abbe peaked in 1958, when 78 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.