Abigael

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,142
2002 · 78 births
Debut · girls
1980
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,959
since 1980

Abigael over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Abigael has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #2,142, 2002girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#5,55422—
2024#3,89238—
2023#3,58543—
2022#3,96337—
2021#4,24533—
2020#4,16933—
2019#3,66541—
2018#3,39646—
2017#3,38746—
2016#2,96656—
2015#3,59543—
2014#3,48645—
2013#2,72663—
2012#2,33680—
2011#2,76363—
2010#2,64268—
2009#2,31684—
2008#2,69068—
2007#2,85863—
2006#2,60269—
2005#2,58066—
2004#2,39671#11,3565
2003#2,22977—
2002#2,14278—
2001#2,25971—
2000#2,27768—
1999#2,56755—
1998#2,18865—
1997#2,42354—
1996#2,55849—
1995#2,55249—
1994#2,98839—
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five girls were named Abigael! It came in at #9,095, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Abigael is popular in 2002

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMNIllinois: #970 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,868 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMINew York: #2,075 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,376 girlsNYMassachusetts: #696 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,113 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedHITexas: #2,443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 25,991 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#696 · 1 in 5,113
  2. Illinois#970 · 1 in 6,868
  3. New York#2,075 · 1 in 19,376
  4. Texas#2,443 · 1 in 25,991

Best ever in a state: #651 in Massachusetts, 2009.

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Massachusetts#69661 in 5,113
Illinois#970101 in 6,868
New York#2,07551 in 19,376
Texas#2,44361 in 25,991
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See more about Abigael
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,662 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #5,554)
  • 1,385 spots since 2020 (#4,169 → #5,554)
  • 1,959 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #5,554)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 2002 at #2,142 (78 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,870
  • Highest: 1 in 21,870 girls born in 2009 were named Abigael (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,142 in 2002, was only 1 in 23,037 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 36.5% of all girls named Abigael (715) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s79#4,848 (1989)#7,063
1990s408#2,188 (1998)#3,225
2000s715#2,142 (2002)#2,435
2010s551#2,336 (2012)#3,096
2020s206#3,585 (2023)#4,235

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.

Abigael in 2002

girls
#2,142
78 births · 1 in 23,037 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #2,142Abigael78
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 23,037 of them was named Abigael, which outranked 88.2% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abigael
  1. #2,126Shekinah79
  2. #2,126Skylee79
  3. #2,126Yesica79
  4. #2,142Abigael78
  5. #2,142Adelyn78
  6. #2,142Aiden78
  7. #2,142Amariah78
  8. #2,158Anyah77
  9. #2,158Audrie77
  10. #2,158Breona77

Tied with 15 names at #2,142; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2002 →