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

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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—
1993#4,52422—
1992#3,41932—
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1988#6,27712—
1987#7,3539—
1986#7,7498—
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1980#9,0956—
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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 2018

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedMARhode 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: #2,610 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 27,068 girlsCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Abigael, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,591 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,155 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#1,591 · 1 in 12,155
  2. California#2,610 · 1 in 27,068

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

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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 2018

girls
#3,396
46 births · 1 in 36,980 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #3,396Abigael46
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 36,980 of them was named Abigael, which outranked 81.3% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abigael
  1. #3,346Teigen47
  2. #3,346Tierney47
  3. #3,346Winslow47
  4. #3,396Abigael46
  5. #3,396Alaiah46
  6. #3,396Alanni46
  7. #3,396Alise46
  8. #3,438Adamaris45
  9. #3,438Alinah45
  10. #3,438Anaelle45

Tied with 41 names at #3,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →