girl's name
Abbie
AB-ee
- Origin Hebrew
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 5
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 48,682
Ireland
#163
2025 births
Abbie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my father is joy," a short form of Abigail, whose bearer talks David out of a massacre. It ranks 163rd in Ireland and 164th in Scotland.
- Abbie is a name of Hebrew origin.
- Peaked in 2003, when 537 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 26,523 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Abbie over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 934 |
| 1890s | 1,143 |
| 1900s | 831 |
| 1910s | 1,201 |
| 1920s | 1,187 |
| 1930s | 687 |
| 1940s | 554 |
| 1950s | 940 |
| 1960s | 769 |
| 1970s | 976 |
| 1980s | 2,451 |
| 1990s | 3,406 |
| 2000s | 4,635 |
| 2010s | 2,230 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 612 |
What Abbie means
Abbie means my father is joy, or my father rejoices, inherited from Abigail. The Hebrew joins av, father, with a root for joy, so the name is a statement about a parent rather than about the child.
Where Abbie comes from
Abbie is a short form of Abigail, from the Hebrew Avigayil, my father is joy. Abigail in the first book of Samuel is married to Nabal, a rich and hostile man who refuses David's men provisions; she rides out with supplies behind her husband's back and talks David out of killing every male in the household. Nabal dies ten days later and she marries David. She is one of the few women in the Hebrew Bible given a speech of that length and credited with changing a man's mind. The name's later English use is odd: Abigail became a generic word for a lady's maid in seventeenth-century drama, from her describing herself as a handmaid, and the name fell out of use for two centuries as a result.
Abbie in use
Abbie ranks 163rd in Ireland with 29 births in 2025 and 164th in Scotland, and it is falling in our data from a peak in 2003. Our records carry it from 1880. It reaches 1,653rd in the United States and 1,036th in France. Abby, Abi and Abigail are counted separately in every register, so the sound is considerably more common than any one entry shows.
How popular is Abbie?
In 2025, Abbie was given to 125 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Abbie is used
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 Abbie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Abbie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Abbie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Abbie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Abbie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Abbie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Abbie
What does the name Abbie mean?
Abbie means "my father is joy," inherited from Abigail.
Who was Abigail in the Bible?
She rode out behind her husband's back to stop David massacring his household, and married David after Nabal died.
Why did Abigail mean a lady's maid?
She calls herself a handmaid in the text, and seventeenth-century drama turned the name into the generic term for one.
How popular is Abbie?
163rd in Ireland and 164th in Scotland.
Is Abbie a girl's or a boy's name?
Abbie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Abbie?
Abbie has 2 syllables.
Is Abbie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Abbie currently ranks #163 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.