Abegail
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #12,448
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 35 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 515since 1981
Abegail over time
Rank among girls' names. Abegail has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 19 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #3,664 | 35 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Abegail! It came in at #10,411, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Abegail is popular in 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#3,034 · 1 in 38,139
Best ever in a state: #2,141 in Texas, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #3,034 | 6 | 1 in 38,139 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Abegail
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2000 at #3,664 (35 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 51,887 girls born in 2000 were named Abegail (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 239,767 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 47.0% of all girls named Abegail (242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 34 | #7,312 (1983) | #8,965 |
| 1990s | 121 | #5,123 (1998) | #7,783 |
| 2000s | 242 | #3,664 (2000) | #5,425 |
| 2010s | 118 | #5,247 (2010) | #9,231 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Abegail in 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
More about 2004
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1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 83,466 of them was named Abegail, which outranked 70.5% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,377Ziah23
- #5,377Zuleika23
- #5,377Zuzanna23
- #5,555Abegail22
- #5,555Abeni22
- #5,555Adalee22
- #5,555Adama22
- #5,744Aariona21
- #5,744Adi21
- #5,744Adrieanna21
Tied with 188 names at #5,555; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.