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Abbott

#3,948 in 2025Boys' name

Anglicization of Abate

Abbott has been given to 1,320 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #3,948 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 59 recorded.

Babies named Abbott, 2025

1 in 123,000

Abbott over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abbott: meaning, origin, and history

Anglicization of Abate

surname transfer

What Abbott means

Abbott is a anglicization of Abate.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

An occupational surname for someone employed by an abbot. In the U.S., sometimes an anglicization of Italian Abate, Spanish Abad or German Abt. Doublet of Abad.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Abbott (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Abbott is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Abbott comes through Italian Abate, Spanish Abad and German Abt.

Abbott is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Abate and Abad.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Abbott is pronounced /ˈæbət/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,296 boys were recorded with the name Abbott between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 2016; its best national rank was #910 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,200 in 2020 to #3,948 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,684 in 2015 to #3,948 in 2025.

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Abbott between 2005 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2014; its best national rank was #11,930 in 2014.

How common is Abbott?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 123,000
27 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 63,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,948
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
85,108 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Abbott sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 85,108 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abbott. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abbotts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abbott was born before 2010 — so the typical Abbott is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
36.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
909
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 36.4% of all recorded uses (472).

Is Abbott rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−257
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−748
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,264
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.60×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.8%
Peak was 2016 (59)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#910
1880

Where Abbott is used

Across 1910–2025, Abbott was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 581,069 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Indiana1 in —
  4. 4Louisiana1 in —
  5. 5Massachusetts1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Abbott has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Abbott around the world

Where Abbott ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    2011–2015
    #2,735
    in 2015
  • South Australia
    2010–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Abbott by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,948
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 748
Best rank ever
#910
1880
Peak year
2016
59 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,296
Count in 2025
27

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,930
2014
Peak year
2014
8 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
24
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Abbott

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Abbott

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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