Abby

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning father's joy; a form of Abigail.

Babies a year
696
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#731
down from #626
UK popularity
#2605
10 babies

How Abby has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#375#583#791201520202025#731

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#435
2016#441
2017#452
2018#477
2019#505
2020#508
2021#577
2022#586
2023#623
2024#626
2025#731

Abby by the numbers

In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Abby. In the US, 696 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 2,048 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,200 American girls born that year was called Abby.

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Abby as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Other names that come from Abigail

Like Abby, each of these traces back to Abigail: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Abbigailfather's joy; variant spelling of Abigail175 in the US (2017)
  • Avigaila form of Abigail; father's joy105 in the US (2017)
  • Abigalemy father is joy; variant spelling of Abigail86 in the US (2017)
  • Abbygailfather's joy; a form of Abigail77 in the US (2017)
  • Abigaylefather's joy; a respelling of Abigail70 in the US (2017)
  • Abigaelfather's joy; variant spelling of Abigail46 in the US (2017)
  • Abigaellemy father is joy; variant of Abigail27 in the US (2017)
  • Gailfather of exultation; short for Abigail13 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Abby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Abbeyfather; diminutive of Abigail or Abraham94 in the US (2017)
  • Abbimy father; a diminutive or related to Abba14 in the US (2017)
  • Abyfather's joy; a form of Abigail8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Abby

Names that are said the same way as Abby, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Abbiefather's joy; diminutive of abigail123 in the US (2017)
  • Abimy father; a form of Abijah24 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean joy

Like Abby, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
  • Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
  • Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
  • Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
  • Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)

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