Abbey, derived from the Old French 'abbaye', meaning 'abbey' or 'monastery', is a unisex given name that gained popularity as a girls' name in the late 20th century. It reached its peak popularity in the United States during the mid-1980s to early 1990s, where it consistently ranked among the top thousand names for females during this period. The name Abbey has also been used as a boys' name, though less frequently.
Abbey is not a common name, with its most frequent years being 1940 and 1946. There was a notable spike in usage in the late 1940s to early 1950s, but it has since declined, with only six births recorded in both 1999 and 2004. Overall, there have been 35 babies named Abbey born between 1914 and 2004.