Abigail
#41 for girls in 2025, 4,941 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,255
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 15,756 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 37 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 413,263since 1880
Abigail over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #41 | 4,941 | — | |
| 2024 | #32 | 5,535 | — | |
| 2023 | #31 | 5,687 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #24 | 6,306 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #17 | 6,993 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #12 | 7,917 | — | |
| 2019 | #11 | 9,196 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #11 | 9,879 | #6,345 | 13 |
| 2017 | #10 | 10,645 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #8 | 11,796 | #7,605 | 10 |
| 2015 | #7 | 12,422 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #8 | 12,114 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #8 | 12,429 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #7 | 12,730 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #7 | 13,266 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #7 | 14,257 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #8 | 14,401 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #8 | 15,088 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #8 | 15,476 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #6 | 15,633 | #5,303 | 16 |
| 2005 | #4 | 15,756 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | #6 | 15,436 | #1,502 | 89 |
| 2003 | #6 | 15,932 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #7 | 15,303 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #8 | 14,807 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #14 | 13,094 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #18 | 11,686 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #18 | 11,100 | #3,390 | 22 |
| 1997 | #26 | 9,630 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #32 | 8,604 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #36 | 7,825 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #42 | 7,243 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #67 | 5,185 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #86 | 3,988 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #92 | 3,799 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #90 | 3,719 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #94 | 3,405 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #118 | 2,376 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #138 | 2,001 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #143 | 1,996 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #153 | 1,848 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #154 | 1,844 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #151 | 1,909 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #157 | 1,886 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #156 | 1,816 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #176 | 1,577 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #213 | 1,226 | — | |
| 1978 | #242 | 1,010 | — | |
| 1977 | #298 | 794 | — | |
| 1976 | #278 | 827 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #353 | 615 | — | |
| 1974 | #357 | 606 | — | |
| 1973 | #413 | 479 | — | |
| 1972 | #468 | 393 | — | |
| 1971 | #491 | 392 | — | |
| 1970 | #526 | 362 | — | |
| 1969 | #590 | 281 | — | |
| 1968 | #592 | 263 | — | |
| 1967 | #609 | 244 | — | |
| 1966 | #710 | 191 | — | |
| 1965 | #679 | 209 | — | |
| 1964 | #655 | 244 | — | |
| 1963 | #633 | 255 | — | |
| 1962 | #617 | 264 | — | |
| 1961 | #680 | 232 | — | |
| 1960 | #673 | 228 | — | |
| 1959 | #698 | 206 | — | |
| 1958 | #712 | 192 | — | |
| 1957 | #731 | 187 | — | |
| 1956 | #694 | 190 | — | |
| 1955 | #700 | 180 | — | |
| 1954 | #773 | 147 | — | |
| 1953 | #705 | 169 | — | |
| 1952 | #723 | 151 | — | |
| 1951 | #749 | 137 | — | |
| 1950 | #824 | 112 | — | |
| 1949 | #823 | 113 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,041 | 72 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,003 | 78 | — | |
| 1946 | #953 | 76 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,080 | 53 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,046 | 56 | — | |
| 1943 | #996 | 63 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,137 | 48 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,035 | 48 | — | |
| 1939 | #974 | 53 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,007 | 50 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,063 | 45 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,162 | 37 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,262 | 32 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,346 | 30 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,421 | 27 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,306 | 33 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,210 | 40 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,404 | 33 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,483 | 30 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,296 | 37 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,503 | 31 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,765 | 24 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,566 | 26 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,110 | 41 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,094 | 38 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,228 | 25 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | — | |
| 1903 | #760 | 20 | — | |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,008 | 14 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | — | |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 | — | |
| 1896 | #843 | 15 | — | |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #630 | 21 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 | — | |
| 1890 | #940 | 9 | — | |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 | — | |
| 1888 | #593 | 18 | — | |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 | — | |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | #493 | 14 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #492 | 12 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Abigail was already there! It came in at #492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Abigail is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#6 · 1 in 80
- Georgia#7 · 1 in 131
- Delaware#8 · 1 in 84
- Idaho#8 · 1 in 89
- New Mexico#8 · 1 in 112
Best ever in a state: #2 in Maine, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #6 | 38 | 1 in 80 |
| Georgia | #7 | 360 | 1 in 131 |
| Delaware | #8 | 30 | 1 in 84 |
| Idaho | #8 | 71 | 1 in 89 |
| Maryland | #8 | 204 | 1 in 114 |
| New Mexico | #8 | 52 | 1 in 112 |
| Virginia | #8 | 310 | 1 in 116 |
| Alaska | #9 | 31 | 1 in 72 |
| Arkansas | #9 | 98 | 1 in 115 |
| California | #9 | 1,552 | 1 in 126 |
| Massachusetts | #9 | 251 | 1 in 100 |
| Nevada | #9 | 97 | 1 in 112 |
| New York | #9 | 677 | 1 in 130 |
| North Carolina | #9 | 349 | 1 in 130 |
| Oklahoma | #9 | 144 | 1 in 109 |
| Texas | #9 | 1,128 | 1 in 142 |
| Florida | #10 | 654 | 1 in 131 |
| Kansas | #10 | 100 | 1 in 120 |
| New Jersey | #10 | 303 | 1 in 119 |
| Oregon | #10 | 116 | 1 in 125 |
| Rhode Island | #10 | 35 | 1 in 81 |
| Tennessee | #10 | 234 | 1 in 131 |
| Washington | #10 | 256 | 1 in 121 |
| West Virginia | #10 | 54 | 1 in 109 |
| Colorado | #11 | 172 | 1 in 132 |
| South Carolina | #11 | 138 | 1 in 129 |
| Alabama | #12 | 144 | 1 in 133 |
| Connecticut | #12 | 114 | 1 in 103 |
| Montana | #12 | 28 | 1 in 98 |
| Pennsylvania | #12 | 372 | 1 in 137 |
| Wyoming | #12 | 16 | 1 in 66 |
| Michigan | #13 | 261 | 1 in 158 |
| Missouri | #13 | 178 | 1 in 146 |
| Nebraska | #13 | 62 | 1 in 127 |
| District of Columbia | #14 | 30 | 1 in 116 |
| Kentucky | #14 | 135 | 1 in 132 |
| New Hampshire | #14 | 39 | 1 in 90 |
| Vermont | #14 | 17 | 1 in 65 |
| Wisconsin | #14 | 146 | 1 in 155 |
| Arizona | #15 | 209 | 1 in 144 |
| Illinois | #15 | 344 | 1 in 161 |
| Ohio | #15 | 316 | 1 in 164 |
| Hawaii | #16 | 25 | 1 in 117 |
| Indiana | #16 | 187 | 1 in 161 |
| Maine | #16 | 31 | 1 in 111 |
| South Dakota | #16 | 27 | 1 in 114 |
| Minnesota | #17 | 150 | 1 in 159 |
| Louisiana | #21 | 111 | 1 in 179 |
| Iowa | #22 | 78 | 1 in 160 |
| Utah | #22 | 110 | 1 in 155 |
| Mississippi | #27 | 61 | 1 in 179 |
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 Abigail
- 9 spots since 2024 (#32 → #41)
- 29 spots since 2020 (#12 → #41)
- 34 spots since 2015 (#7 → #41)
- Biggest jump: 278 spots in 1893 (#908 → #630)
- Biggest drop: 604 spots in 1904 (#760 → #1,364)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2005 at #4 (15,756 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: 17 yrs · run 2001–2017
- Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1949–2025
- Highest: 1 in 115 girls born in 2003 were named Abigail (0.87%)
- Latest: 1 in 325 girls born in 2025 (0.31%)
- Its best rank, #4 in 2005, was only 1 in 117 (0.85%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.5% of all girls named Abigail (150,926) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | #492 (1880) | #588 |
| 1890s | 128 | #630 (1893) | #898 |
| 1900s | 136 | #760 (1903) | #1,049 |
| 1910s | 270 | #1,031 (1911) | #1,236 |
| 1920s | 322 | #1,210 (1928) | #1,431 |
| 1930s | 365 | #974 (1939) | #1,231 |
| 1940s | 647 | #823 (1949) | #1,030 |
| 1950s | 1,671 | #694 (1956) | #731 |
| 1960s | 2,411 | #590 (1969) | #644 |
| 1970s | 6,704 | #213 (1979) | #364 |
| 1980s | 20,658 | #94 (1989) | #144 |
| 1990s | 72,779 | #18 (1999) | #51 |
| 2000s | 150,926 | #4 (2005) | #8 |
| 2010s | 118,734 | #7 (2010) | #8 |
| 2020s | 37,379 | #12 (2020) | #26 |
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.
Abigail in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 162 of them was named Abigail, which outranked 99.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 308,493 of them was named Abigail, which outranked 24.4% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,696Zylas7
- #9,696Zymarion7
- #9,696Zyrus7
- #10,775Abigail6
- #10,775Aadhavan6
- #10,775Aadhyan6
- #10,775Aahaan6
- #12,246Aadrit5
- #12,246Aagam5
- #12,246Aaidyn5
Tied with 1,470 names at #10,775; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.