Abbey

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Abbey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Abbey: Recorded since 1992, it reached #37 in 2002, and it stood at #856 in 2023.

5registrars recorded it
92times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#37highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#179
1997	#165
1998	#181
1999	#191
2000	#195
2001	#190
2002	#221
2003	#242
2004	#248
2005	#349
2006	#436
2007	#463
2008	#408
2009	#556
2010	#601
2011	#575
2012	#654
2013	#839
2014	#779
2015	#1114
2016	#1416
2017	#1995
2018	#1887
2019	#2643
2020	#3899
2021	#3192
2022	#4645

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 30 of the 32 years from 1992 to 2023.

In 2022: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4645 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1992–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2010
Highest recorded position: #37 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2010).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2023.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abbey appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1992, and has registered 698 births with the name.

Abbey across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Abbey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#523 (1992)	#105 (2004)	#856 (2023)	30 of 32	698 (1992–2023)	59 (2008)
England and Wales · Girls	#179 (1996)	#165 (1997)	#4645 (2022)	27 of 27	2,862 (1996–2022)	274 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#261 (1998)	#188 (2002)	#432 (2017)	19 of 20	97 (1998–2017)	10 (2010)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#82 (1996)	#37 (2002)	#62 (2010)	15 of 15	1,917 (1996–2010)	166 (2002)

Abbey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Abbey in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	52	6 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	398	10 of 10	40
2010s	231	10 of 10	23
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 40 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Abbey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1992 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #37 in New South Wales, Australia in 2002.

Abbey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1995	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1416	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1114	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#779	50	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#839	45	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#654	63	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#575	70	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#601	65	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#556	69	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#408	105	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#463	87	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#436	93	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#349	114	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#248	183	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#242	187	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#221	194	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#190	217	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#195	219	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#191	231	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#181	239	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#165	274	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#179	249	High	Verified
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#69	106	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	152	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	150	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#42	149	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	166	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	female	#67	115	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New Zealand	female	#99	40	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#297	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#277	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#194	10	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#212	9	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#188	8	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#343	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#213	7	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#261	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	22	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	26	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	26	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#126	48	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	29	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#139	44	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	57	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	59	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	43	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	33	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	32	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	50	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#109	47	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#130	34	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#196	19	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	24	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#177	20	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	8	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1992 and 2023, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #37, first reached in 2002.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 274 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Aban · #2954, 13y
Abbas · #365, 55y
Abbi · #170, 23y
Abbie · #27, 33y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mabel · #37, 31y
Nevaeh · #38, 25y
Lexi · #40, 28y
Oakley · #34, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Luka · #37, 32y
Mollie · #37, 34y
Savannah · #37, 34y
Callan · #36, 30y

Abbey was ranked #37 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Abbey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Abbey without appearing here.

Abbey moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 1998 they stood at #270 and #229 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1999 that had become #177 and #439.
Judith Compare
In 1999 they stood at #440 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #159 and #413.
Janice Compare
In 1997 they stood at #440 and #440 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #270 and #498.
Leanne Compare
In 2009 they stood at #268 and #268 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #194 and #366.

Moved ahead of Abbey

Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1948.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3192 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2488.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Mona Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #2042.

Moved the opposite way to Abbey

Alice Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbey went from #523 to #856 while Alice went from #89 to #38.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbey went from #523 to #856 while Caoimhe went from #61 to #26.
Chloe Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbey went from #523 to #856 while Chloe went from #45 to #20.
Hannah Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbey went from #523 to #856 while Hannah went from #43 to #12.

Moved the same way as Abbey

Aoife Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbey went from #523 to #856 and Aoife from #4 to #31.
Audrey Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbey went from #523 to #856 and Audrey from #229 to #856.
Eileen Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbey went from #523 to #856 and Eileen from #161 to #445.
Elaine Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbey went from #523 to #856 and Elaine from #47 to #555.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1992 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #37 in New South Wales, Australia in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Abbey

Abbey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abbey across 4 official records

Abbey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abbey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Abbey

Abbey and the names beside it

Abbey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abbey

Moved the opposite way to Abbey

Moved the same way as Abbey

Abbey at a glance

Abbey across 4 official records

Abbey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abbey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Abbey

Abbey and the names beside it

Abbey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abbey

Moved the opposite way to Abbey

Moved the same way as Abbey