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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Hampshire#11 · 1 in 90
- Idaho#11 · 1 in 121
- Maryland#12 · 1 in 164
- Alaska#13 · 1 in 82
- Massachusetts#13 · 1 in 142
Best ever in a state: #2 in Maine, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #11 | 53 | 1 in 121 |
| New Hampshire | #11 | 41 | 1 in 90 |
| Maryland | #12 | 135 | 1 in 164 |
| Alaska | #13 | 22 | 1 in 82 |
| Massachusetts | #13 | 175 | 1 in 142 |
| North Carolina | #13 | 242 | 1 in 186 |
| Virginia | #13 | 206 | 1 in 168 |
| Colorado | #14 | 143 | 1 in 155 |
| New Jersey | #15 | 219 | 1 in 166 |
| West Virginia | #15 | 47 | 1 in 116 |
| Kansas | #16 | 70 | 1 in 165 |
| New York | #16 | 427 | 1 in 190 |
| Texas | #16 | 742 | 1 in 210 |
| Georgia | #17 | 204 | 1 in 222 |
| South Carolina | #17 | 98 | 1 in 181 |
| Maine | #18 | 28 | 1 in 113 |
| Tennessee | #18 | 161 | 1 in 194 |
| Alabama | #19 | 103 | 1 in 185 |
| California | #19 | 927 | 1 in 188 |
| Delaware | #19 | 22 | 1 in 108 |
| Florida | #19 | 455 | 1 in 184 |
| Arkansas | #20 | 65 | 1 in 167 |
| Washington | #20 | 161 | 1 in 183 |
| Arizona | #21 | 148 | 1 in 187 |
| Illinois | #21 | 241 | 1 in 201 |
| Nevada | #21 | 57 | 1 in 171 |
| Louisiana | #22 | 85 | 1 in 219 |
| Oklahoma | #22 | 82 | 1 in 181 |
| Oregon | #22 | 79 | 1 in 174 |
| Connecticut | #23 | 76 | 1 in 158 |
| Missouri | #23 | 125 | 1 in 198 |
| Indiana | #27 | 131 | 1 in 217 |
| North Dakota | #27 | 21 | 1 in 136 |
| New Mexico | #28 | 29 | 1 in 172 |
| Kentucky | #29 | 91 | 1 in 187 |
| Utah | #29 | 89 | 1 in 190 |
| District of Columbia | #31 | 18 | 1 in 154 |
| Pennsylvania | #32 | 221 | 1 in 221 |
| Michigan | #33 | 165 | 1 in 232 |
| Ohio | #33 | 208 | 1 in 234 |
| Minnesota | #34 | 104 | 1 in 214 |
| Rhode Island | #35 | 17 | 1 in 160 |
| Mississippi | #37 | 45 | 1 in 218 |
| Iowa | #39 | 52 | 1 in 225 |
| South Dakota | #45 | 15 | 1 in 186 |
| Wyoming | #46 | 7 | 1 in 130 |
| Montana | #48 | 14 | 1 in 188 |
| Wisconsin | #50 | 84 | 1 in 256 |
| Nebraska | #53 | 28 | 1 in 259 |
| Vermont | #71 | 6 | 1 in 167 |
| Hawaii | #87 | 9 | 1 in 268 |
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 2021
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Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 235 of them was named Abigail, which outranked 99.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 291,580 of them was named Abigail, which outranked 23.4% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,714Zyen7
- #9,714Zyer7
- #9,714Zyquan7
- #10,799Abigail6
- #10,799Aadiv6
- #10,799Aahaan6
- #10,799Aalim6
- #12,146Aadith5
- #12,146Aaidyn5
- #12,146Aaliyan5
Tied with 1,346 names at #10,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.