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Abi

#9,457 in 2025Girls' name

My Father's joy, through Abigail

Abi has been given to 654 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #9,457 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 27 recorded.

Babies named Abi, 2025

1 in 332,000

Abi over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abi: meaning, origin, and history

My Father's joy, through Abigail

Hebrew

What Abi means

Abi belongs to the name family reached through Abi → Abigail. Its meaning is “my Father's joy”.

Origin, language, and formation

Abi is used in English, Atayal and German. Its origins include Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Abigail and Abraham.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Abi is pronounced /ˈabi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 632 girls were recorded with the name Abi between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 2016; its best national rank was #4,962 in 1981.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,966 in 2020 to #9,457 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,720 in 2015 to #9,457 in 2025.

In the United States, 22 boys were recorded with the name Abi between 2005 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2007; its best national rank was #10,929 in 2007.

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 Abi?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,457
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Abi 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 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abi was born before 2007 — so the typical Abi is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
29.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
69.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
632
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 29.3% of all recorded uses (185).

Is Abi 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
−3,292
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,491
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,737
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
37.0%
Peak was 2016 (27)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,962
1981

Where Abi is used

Across 1910–2025, Abi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,347,319 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Abi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Abi around the world

Where Abi 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.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2022
    #2,889
    in 2022
  • Scotland
    1999–2021
    #652
    in 2021
  • Northern Ireland
    2003–2024
    #407
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2001–2025
    #718
    in 2025
  • France
    1987–2024
    #4,269
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2001–2019
    #3,370
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    1995–2010
    #521
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Abi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,457
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,491
Best rank ever
#4,962
1981
Peak year
2016
27 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
632
Count in 2025
10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,929
2007
Peak year
2007
6 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2012
All-time count
22
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Abi

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

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Sibling names for Abi

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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