Abbie

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Abbie: Recorded every year since 1993, it reached #27 in 2005, and it stood at #160 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#27highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Abbie's record

Held a top-100 place for 26 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 1,297 births with the name in 1996, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Moved 265 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#45
1997	#55
1998	#52
1999	#52
2000	#46
2001	#44
2002	#42
2003	#38
2004	#44
2005	#53
2006	#80
2007	#88
2008	#96
2009	#117
2010	#139
2011	#158
2012	#167
2013	#222
2014	#249
2015	#345
2016	#379
2017	#507
2018	#641
2019	#651
2020	#1127
2021	#860
2022	#1120
2023	#1288
2024	#1302

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 every year from 1993 to 2025.

In 2024: #149 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #164 among girls in Scotland, #227 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1302 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1993–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #448 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1993–2025
Highest recorded position: #27 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2005 (recorded 1993–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #160 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abbie appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1993, and has registered 3,364 births with the name.

Abbie 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.

Abbie'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	#448 (1993)	#27 (2005)	#160 (2025)	33 of 33	3,364 (1993–2025)	236 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#45 (1996)	#38 (2003)	#1302 (2024)	29 of 29	15,971 (1996–2024)	1,297 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#93 (1997)	#30 (2006)	#227 (2024)	28 of 28	1,193 (1997–2024)	81 (2006)

Abbie 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 Abbie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	147	7 of 10	21
2000sbusiest	1,736	10 of 10	174
2010s	1,224	10 of 10	122
2020s	257	6 of 10	43

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 174 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2002 and 2003, when recorded births rose by 71, from 111 to 182.

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

Abbie 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 4 regions, from 1993 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Abbie'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#1302	25	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1288	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1120	30	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#860	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#651	60	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#641	63	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#507	85	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#379	121	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#345	137	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#249	196	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#222	230	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#167	308	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#158	332	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#139	422	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#117	465	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#96	599	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#88	655	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#80	727	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#53	1,004	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#44	1,251	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#38	1,287	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#42	1,153	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#44	1,129	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#46	1,116	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#52	1,044	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#52	1,073	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#55	1,067	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#45	1,297	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#227	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#86	26	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#166	11	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#119	18	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#126	19	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#74	31	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#55	43	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#62	39	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#53	44	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#58	39	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#38	64	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#36	70	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#35	70	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#45	54	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#37	78	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#39	69	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#30	81	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#33	74	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#31	77	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#37	64	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#56	40	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#55	43	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#59	37	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#66	32	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#96	24	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#93	25	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	29	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	31	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	48	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	41	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	49	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#90	59	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	76	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#88	69	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#77	80	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#65	97	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#69	97	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#49	132	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#46	145	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#38	178	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#43	174	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#44	176	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#44	176	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#33	225	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#29	231	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#31	211	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#27	236	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#30	210	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#33	182	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#51	111	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#64	81	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	73	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	58	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	30	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	21	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	18	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	9	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#448	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#164	25	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1993 and 2025, ranked in 33 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #27, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 26 years, 26 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,297 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 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.

Abbey · #37, 30y
Abbi · #170, 23y
Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y
Abbie-Rose · #440, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Shea · #25, 32y
Rian · #22, 36y
Calum · #21, 34y
Esme · #33, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Brandon · #27, 34y
Asher · #28, 30y
Bella · #26, 30y
Lottie · #28, 30y

Abbie was ranked #27 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Abbie 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 Abbie without appearing here.

Abbie moved ahead of

Camilla Compare
In 2007 they stood at #448 and #415 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #33 and #501.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #77 and #76 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #88 and #387.
Tracey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #213 and #213 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #127 and #425.
Anita Compare
In 1997 they stood at #213 and #185 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #127 and #380.

Moved ahead of Abbie

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #651 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1127 and #460.
Cassandra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #651 and #881 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1127 and #589.
May Compare
In 2019 they stood at #651 and #737 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1127 and #631.
Angela Compare
In 2019 they stood at #651 and #724 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1127 and #683.

Moved the opposite way to Abbie

Aimee Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbie went from #448 to #160 while Aimee went from #108 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbie went from #448 to #160 while Aisling went from #11 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbie went from #448 to #160 while Alison went from #41 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbie went from #448 to #160 while Amanda went from #53 to #608.

Moved the same way as Abbie

Amelia Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbie went from #448 to #160 and Amelia from #300 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbie went from #448 to #160 and Annie from #213 to #33.
Ava Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbie went from #448 to #160 and Ava from #356 to #26.
Daisy Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abbie went from #448 to #160 and Daisy from #448 to #43.

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 4 regions, from 1993 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #27 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abbie

Abbie at a glance

What stands out in Abbie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abbie across 3 official records

Abbie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abbie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Abbie

Abbie and the names beside it

Abbie moved ahead of

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Abbie at a glance

What stands out in Abbie's record

Abbie across 3 official records

Abbie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abbie 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 Abbie

Abbie and the names beside it

Abbie moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abbie

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