Abegail

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #12,448

Peak · girls
2000 · 35 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
515
since 1981

Abegail over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Abegail has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #3,664, 2000girls
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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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rankbirths
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2019#12,4487
2018#10,5459
2017#8,77612
2016#12,8767
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2014#8,96612
2013#10,23510
2012#6,87218
2011#7,11817
2010#5,24726
2009#6,09122
2008#6,79919
2007#5,70924
2006#4,81129
2005#4,48730
2004#5,55522
2003#6,05519
2002#6,39217
2001#4,68825
2000#3,66435
1999#7,71612
1998#5,12320
1997#7,28312
1996#6,39214
1995#5,43917
1994#6,31914
1993#8,05210
1992#10,4797
1991#13,1475
1990#7,88010
1989#8,0379
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1983#7,3128
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First appearance
1981

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.

See more about Abegail
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 2000 at #3,664 (35 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 2 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 51,887
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 47.0% of all girls named Abegail (242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s34#7,312 (1983)#8,965
1990s121#5,123 (1998)#7,783
2000s242#3,664 (2000)#5,425
2010s118#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 1993

girls
#8,052
10 births · 1 in 180,907 girls

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #8,052Abegail10
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 180,907 of them was named Abegail, which outranked 49.0% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abegail
  1. #7,498Zandalee11
  2. #7,498Zayda11
  3. #7,498Ziomara11
  4. #8,052Abegail10
  5. #8,052Aaren10
  6. #8,052Abbagail10
  7. #8,052Abi10
  8. #8,719Aarion9
  9. #8,719Abrina9
  10. #8,719Adama9

Tied with 666 names at #8,052; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1993