Abijah

Where Abijah comes from

From Hebrew אביה, name of the king and also several minor biblical characters.
— Wiktionary's entry for Abijah
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #5,845 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2013
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2013
    Peak, #4,981
    18 babies named Abijah — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #9,670.
In the dictionary
  • A male or female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.