Abcde

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Abcde by the numbers

Abcde was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 2009, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Abcde

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Abbiefather's joy; diminutive of abigail123 in the US (2017)
  • Abriefather of multitudes; form of abraham16 in the US (2017)
  • Abidaworshipper; one who devotes herself4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Abree40 in the US (2017)

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