Abbi

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Abbi: Recorded since 1996, it reached #170 in 2006, and it stood at #834 in 2020.

3registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
25years from first to last
#170highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2019

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#432
1997	#392
1998	#425
1999	#416
2000	#330
2001	#362
2002	#353
2003	#384
2004	#384
2005	#499
2006	#549
2007	#836
2008	#734
2009	#932
2010	#1520
2011	#1225
2012	#1297
2013	#2313
2014	#2314
2015	#4103
2016	#3214
2019	#5591

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 England and Wales in 22 of the 24 years from 1996 to 2019.

In 2012: #451 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1297 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #432 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2012
Highest recorded position: #170 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1997–2012).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2020.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abbi appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,150 births with the name.

Abbi across 3 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.

Abbi'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
England and Wales · Girls	#432 (1996)	#330 (2000)	#5591 (2019)	22 of 24	1,150 (1996–2019)	103 (2000)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#439 (1999)	#242 (2004)	#834 (2020)	13 of 22	110 (1999–2020)	15 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#358 (1997)	#170 (2006)	#451 (2012)	13 of 16	72 (1997–2012)	11 (2006)

Abbi by decade in England and Wales · 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 Abbi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	300	4 of 10	75
2000sbusiest	743	10 of 10	74
2010s	107	8 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 74 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2004 and 2005, when recorded births fell by 29, from 99 to 70.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Abbi 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #170 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Abbi'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
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1297	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1225	26	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1520	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#932	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#734	48	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#836	38	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#549	65	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#499	70	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#384	99	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#384	95	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#353	99	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#362	91	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#330	103	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#416	75	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#425	72	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#392	81	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#432	72	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#283	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#170	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#212	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#202	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#301	4	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	12	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2020, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #170, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 103 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 3 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.

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Abbie · #27, 33y
Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Tyrese · #171, 27y
Sarah-Jane · #172, 26y
Fionntan · #167, 28y
Jamie-Lee · #176, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alexia · #170, 30y
Amaan · #170, 29y
Jaiden · #171, 29y
Mikey · #169, 30y

Abbi was ranked #170 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2006. 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.

Abbi 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 Abbi without appearing here.

Abbi moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #3615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #4763.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #294 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #242 and #677.
Kerry Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #3609.
Renee Compare
In 2002 they stood at #441 and #369 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2003 that had become #294 and #655.

Moved ahead of Abbi

Denise Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3214 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2040.
Levi Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2286.
Diane Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3214 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2458.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2458.

Moved the opposite way to Abbi

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbi went from #432 to #5591 while Ada went from #2683 to #47.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbi went from #432 to #5591 while Alma went from #2096 to #345.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbi went from #432 to #5591 while Alyssa went from #783 to #255.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbi went from #432 to #5591 while Amalie went from #2096 to #996.

Moved the same way as Abbi

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbi went from #432 to #5591 and Abigail from #21 to #83.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbi went from #432 to #5591 and Aimee from #70 to #838.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbi went from #432 to #5591 and Aisling from #440 to #1634.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbi went from #432 to #5591 and Alex from #161 to #1389.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #170 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Abbi

Abbi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abbi across 3 official records

Abbi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abbi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Abbi at a glance

Abbi across 3 official records

Abbi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abbi 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 Abbi

Abbi and the names beside it

Abbi moved ahead of

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