Abey

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Father of + multitude of, through Abraham

Abey has been given to 27 babies in the U.S. since 2003. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2003, with 6 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% girls, 37% boys all-time.

Babies named Abey, 2006

1 in 791,000

Abey over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Abey over time

In 2006, Abey went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Abey: meaning, origin, and history

Father of + multitude of, through Abraham

Hebrew

What Abey means

Abey belongs to the name family reached through Abey → Abraham. Its meaning is “father of + multitude of”.

Origin, language, and formation

Abey is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Abey comes through Indonesian diminutive.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Abraham.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Abey is pronounced /ˈeɪbi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Abey between 2003 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2003; its best national rank was #13,849 in 2003.

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Abey between 2001 and 2005. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2001; its best national rank was #10,565 in 2001.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Abey?

Abey had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among girls only: 1 in 380,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Abey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 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 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abeys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abey was born before 2005 — so the typical Abey is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 17; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (17).

Is Abey 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2003 (6)
Years since peak: 22; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #13,849; 2003

Spellings of Abey

Abey is not the most common spelling — Amy is, with 31.4% against Abey's <0.01%.

Amy31.4%701,631
Amber16.8%374,690
Avery7.6%170,006
Haley7.1%159,511
Mabel6.4%142,284
Aubrey6.0%133,515
Zoey5.2%115,332
Casey3.5%78,100

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Abey around the world

Where Abey 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.

South Australia
1998–1998
#710
in 1998

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Abey by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,849; 2003
Peak year: 2003; 6 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,565; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 5 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2005
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Abey

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

Abel Abela Aber Abery Abell Abeera Rubey Abelyn Kolbey Abeer Darbey Abena Abeeha Colbey Abeline Abegayle Abegale Abeni Debbey Abernathy Abella Aberdeen Abelina Libbey

Sibling names for Abey

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

For a sister

Shreya Delanie Hailie Kayli Sydnee Iyana Iyanna Laci

For a brother

Jair Keven Kadin Estevan Dallin Keon Zakary Keyon

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