girls:
10 births since 2000
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1913
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
15 births since 1913
#7724 (0th percentile)
The name Abney is the #7,724 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2000. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1913.
Abney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Abney is available in 3 out of the 98 years between 1913 and 2010 (2 years for girls and 1 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 Abney has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.7% of all recorded births). In 2010, 100.0% of babies named Abney were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1913 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 2000 to 2010).
For girls, Abney reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #944) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2010.
For boys, Abney reached its peak popularity in 1913, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #408) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 9 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1913.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abney".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Abney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 91.9% confident that Abney is pronounced as AB-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ab-nee, at 8.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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