How Many People Are Named Abigail?
people named Abigail are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 839 people in the US has this name
Based on 413,935 babies named Abigail in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
15,955 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name אֲבִיגָיִל ('Avigayil) meaning "my father is joy". In the Old Testament this is the name of Nabal's wife. After Nabal's death she became the third wife of King David.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Abigail in English. Counting Abigail and these spellings together, about 407,545 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Abigail (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Abigail alive today is about 20 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Abigail first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2003, to 15,955 babies. In 2025, 4,941 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Abigail reached #4 among girls' names in 2005, and was in the top 10 for 17 years, 2001 to 2017. In 2025 it ranked #41.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #41 |
| Best rank | #4 (2005) |
| Years in the top 10 | 17 |
| Years in the top 100 | 37 (1989 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Abigail alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Abigail were born in California than in any other state: about 41,652 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Abigail was given 2.4 times as often in Vermont, 2.1 times in Maine and 2.1 times in New Hampshire.
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