boys:
96 births since 1884
#4490 (2nd percentile)
overall:
96 births since 1884
#7643 (1st percentile)
The name Abb is the #7,643 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 96 recorded births since 1884. This represents the 1.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,490 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 96 births since 1884.
Abb first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1884 (first recorded for boys in 1884). Birth data for Abb is available in 16 out of the 63 years between 1884 and 1946. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Abb reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #545) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1890, with 50 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1946.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abb".
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