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Abby
Pronounced /ˈæb.i/
Rank in 2024
#626
Born in 2024
474
Peak year
2003 · #164
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 474 girls were named Abby, about 1 in every 3,403.
- It peaked in 2003 with 2,048 babies, ranked #164.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 61,472 girls have been named Abby since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Abby per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.9Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 289 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 473 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,589 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,920 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Millennials: 19,851 babies, 0.70 per 1,000. Gen Z: 25,452 babies, 0.88 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,770 babies, 0.38 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
==== Proper noun ==== Abby (plural Abbys) A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew, also used as a formal given name. A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
- A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew, also used as a formal given name.
- A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈæb.i/
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