girls:
262 births since 1980
#5454 (5th percentile)
boys:
56 births since 1992
#4530 (1st percentile)
overall:
318 births since 1980
#7421 (4th percentile)
The name Aby is the #7,421 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 318 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,454 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 262 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,530 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 56 births since 1992.
Aby first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Aby is available in 30 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (27 years for girls and 8 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 Aby has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Aby were girls.
For girls, Aby reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #952) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aby ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 72.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Aby reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #867) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aby".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Aby. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Aby is pronounced as AY-bee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-bee, at 17.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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