girls:
603 births since 1973
#5113 (11th percentile)
boys:
22 births since 2005
#4564 (0th percentile)
overall:
625 births since 1973
#7114 (8th percentile)
The name Abi is the #7,114 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 625 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 8.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,113 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 603 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,564 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2005.
Abi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 2005 for boys). Birth data for Abi is available in 45 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (45 years for girls and 4 years for boys). 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.
The name Abi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Abi reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #935) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Abi ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 53.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Abi reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #882) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Abi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.0% confident that Abi is pronounced as AY-bee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-bee, at 30.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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