Abisai

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #12,142 · #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
Given to boys 92.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,419
2004 · 46 births
Debut · boys
1987
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,074
since 1987

Abisai over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #5,284, 2016peak #2,419, 2004girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,75729
2024—#4,57122
2023—#4,34324
2022—#3,69130
2021—#3,91227
2020#12,1427#3,57030
2019#11,3568#5,34017
2018#9,15111#3,44632
2017#8,29913#3,00639
2016#5,28425#3,59630
2015#8,44713#3,59130
2014#8,48513#3,37132
2013—#2,89539
2012—#2,77243
2011—#3,11436
2010—#2,87441
2009—#3,22335
2008—#2,87941
2007—#2,81142
2006—#2,57846
2005—#2,70140
2004—#2,41946
2003—#3,18629
2002—#3,02230
2001—#2,74234
2000—#3,64022
1999—#2,93928
1998—#3,19124
1997—#4,05916
1996—#2,74727
1995—#3,19121
1994—#5,45210
1993—#3,81916
1992—#5,23610
1991—#3,63616
1990—#5,3829
1989—#3,80914
1988—#5,7517
1987—#4,23910
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First appearance
1987

The first year at least five boys were named Abisai! It came in at #4,239, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1987–1988, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

See more about Abisai
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 814 spots since 2024 (#4,571 → #3,757)
  • 187 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #3,757)
  • 166 spots since 2015 (#3,591 → #3,757)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1987
  • Peaked 2004 at #2,419 (46 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 43,152
  • Highest: 1 in 43,152 boys born in 2004 were named Abisai (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 34.0% of all boys named Abisai (365) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s31#3,809 (1989)#4,600
1990s177#2,747 (1996)#3,965
2000s365#2,419 (2004)#2,920
2010s339#2,772 (2012)#3,401
2020s162#3,570 (2020)#3,974

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Abisai in 2017

girls
#8,299
13 births · 1 in 132,805 girls
boys
#3,006
39 births · 1 in 47,460 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #8,299Abisai13

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #3,006Abisai39
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 132,805 of them was named Abisai, which outranked 55.0% 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).

Ranked beside Abisai
  1. #7,840Zoraya14
  2. #7,840Zunairah14
  3. #7,840Zyelle14
  4. #8,299Abisai13
  5. #8,299Aala13
  6. #8,299Aamani13
  7. #8,299Aaryahi13
  8. #8,776Aaima12
  9. #8,776Aalani12
  10. #8,776Aaleah12

Tied with 476 names at #8,299; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 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 47,460 of them was named Abisai, which outranked 78.9% 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).

Ranked beside Abisai
  1. #2,951Yahel40
  2. #2,951Zekiel40
  3. #2,951Ziyad40
  4. #3,006Abisai39
  5. #3,006Abhay39
  6. #3,006Adel39
  7. #3,006Ahyan39
  8. #3,071Aayansh38
  9. #3,071Adon38
  10. #3,071Alen38

Tied with 64 names at #3,006; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →