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.
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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 931 of them was named Abigail, which outranked 98.8% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 154,018 of them was named Abigail, which outranked 52.6% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,401Zac13
- #3,401Zakee13
- #3,401Zeb13
- #3,599Abigail12
- #3,599Abbas12
- #3,599Abdallah12
- #3,599Abimael12
- #3,805Achary11
- #3,805Aditya11
- #3,805Alika11
Tied with 205 names at #3,599; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.