Abree
Feminine
Abree sounds exactly like the French word abri, a shelter, and the most famous abri in the world is the rock shelter in the Dordogne where the first Cro-Magnon skeletons were found. As a name it is a recent American spelling in the Aubrey family, two syllables with the stress at the end.
How old is the name Abree?
Abree first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Abree alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Abree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Abree most popular?
Abree peaked in 2012, reaching #3464 nationally. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Abree
Say Abree aloud and it is the French word abri, 'shelter', to the sound. In 1868 railway workers in the Dordogne cut into a limestone overhang called the abri de Cro-Magnon, and the geologist Louis Lartet found there the skeletons that gave early modern Europeans their popular name. None of that is where the American name came from — it came from Aubree and Bree and the bright, two-beat names of its day — but the sound is a good one to carry: a word for a place where people were safe.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Abree reads as a spelling of Aubree, from Aubrey, or as Abby and Bree run together; the record does not say which, and it has no separate documented source.
Pronouncing Abree
uh-BREE
Some families say AY-bree or AW-bree, closer to Aubrey; ask which one a particular Abree uses.
Nicknames for Abree
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 201246 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3464reached in 2012
- Change vs 2023
- +20.0%6 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Abree in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Abrees among us
people named Abree are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Abree sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short and simple to say.
- Comes with Bree and Abby as ready short forms.
- Rare, so an Abree is unlikely to share her name.
- Aubree, Aubrey and Abrie are the spellings people reach for, so it will need spelling out.
- It can be said with the stress at the front or the back; decide early.
- Without a documented meaning, the story it has is the sound it makes.
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Frequently asked
- How many Abrees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Abree are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Abree in 2025?
- Abree is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Abree with classmates?
- Abree will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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