Abish

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Abish has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1999. 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 2000, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Abish, 2016

1 in 524,000

Abish over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abish: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Abish means

Abish is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Abish is used in Thao.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Abish between 1999 and 2016. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2000; its best national rank was #11,807 in 2000.

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.

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How common is Abish?

Abish had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2016, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2016: 1 in 524,000; 7 of 3,669,531 births
Among girls only: 1 in 253,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2016: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 363,362 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Abish 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 2016 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 363,362 children born in 2016 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abish. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abishs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abish was born before 2000 — so the typical Abish is around 25 today.

Median birth year: 2000; About 25 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Abish 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 2000 (7)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #11,807; 2000

Spellings of Abish

Abish is not the most common spelling — Alisha is, with 29.5% against Abish's 0.01%.

Alisha29.5%56,996
Alisa18.0%34,705
Aisha13.9%26,933
Avis8.9%17,224
Ariah6.0%11,675
Aliah3.0%5,831
Anisa2.9%5,558
Amiah2.5%4,832

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.

Abish 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: #11,807; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 7 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2016
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Abish

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

Abiel Abiah Abiya Abijah Abira Abida Abiyah Abiela Zarish Abiona Abigel Abiana Abisag Abiha Anzish Salish Abigai Zarnish Abishai Abigeal Abiella Abihail Abie Abisha

Sibling names for Abish

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

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Kevon Keshawn Syed Koby Shamar Johnson Lars

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