Abyssinia

girls:

50 births since 2010

#5666 (1st percentile)

overall:

50 births since 2010

#7689 (1st percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Abyssinia is the #7,689 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 50 recorded births since 2010. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,666 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 50 births since 2010.

Abyssinia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2010 (first recorded for girls in 2010). Birth data for Abyssinia is available in 8 out of the 14 years between 2010 and 2023. 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 girls, Abyssinia reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #937) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Abyssinia is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #944 (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abyssinia".

2010 2023 20102023

Key Statistics

Total Births
50
Peak Births
8
Peak Year
2011
First Recorded
2010
Peak Percentile
0.3%
Current Percentile
0.3%
Peak Rank
#937
Current Rank
#944
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Abyssinia

Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Abyssinia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 21.3% confident that Abyssinia is pronounced as a-bih-SIH-nee-uh, which has 5 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-bih-SIH-nee-uh, at 21.3% confidence, with 5 syllables.

a-bih-SIH-nee-uh (5 syllables)
21.3% confidence
AE0 B IH0 S IH1 N IY0 AH0
A-bih-SIH-nee-uh (5 syllables)
21.3% confidence
AE1 B IH0 S IH1 N IY0 AH0
uh-BIH-sih-nee-uh (5 syllables)
21.3% confidence
AH0 B IH1 S IH0 N IY0 AH0
ab-SIH-nee-uh (4 syllables)
Verified
12.8% confidence
AE0 B S IH1 N IY2 AH0
a-buh-SIH-nee-uh (5 syllables)
8.5% confidence
AE2 B AH0 S IH1 N IY0 AH0
uh-BIH-sih-nyuh (4 syllables)
8.5% confidence
AH0 B IH1 S IH0 N Y AH0
uh-bih-SIH-nee-uh (5 syllables)
6.4% confidence
AH0 B IH0 S IH1 N IY0 AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AE0 B IH0 S IH1 N IY0 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

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