Meaning not yet researched.
Abigail: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,941 in 2025. Its best rank was #4 in 2005.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #4 in 2005; #41 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Abigail in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#41 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2005, at #4.
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Abigail: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,941 girls in 2025. Peak: #4 in 2005 · most girls in one year: 15,932 (2003).
In 2025, 4,941 US girls were named Abigail, making it the 41st most common girls’ name of the year, down 9 places from #32 in 2024. That is 594 fewer than the 5,535 girls named Abigail in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #4, reached in 2005. The most girls given the name in a single year was 15,932, in 2003. For comparison, it was #7 in 2015 and #824 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Abigail in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 12 babies with the name. In all, 413,935 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 151,185 babies named Abigail.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 78,895 US girls were named Abigail; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 11,796. In 2025 that was about 1 in 325 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Abigail ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #12 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 50 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Gail (210,698 babies since 1880), Abby (62,036 babies since 1880), Abbie (22,556 babies since 1880) and Abbigail (12,159 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Abbagail, Abigal and Abigaile are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Abbe, Abbey, Abbi, Abbie, Abby and Gail.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Abbagail (872), Abigal (797), Abigaile (614), Abegail (515), Abigayl (345), Abbiegail (249), Abbegail (247), Abagael (210), Abigial (172), Abbigael (162), Abbigal (158), Abbigaile (91), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 20 | #12 | #6 |
| Delaware | 21 | #14 | #4 |
| Maine | 26 | #21 | #4 |
| New Hampshire | 33 | #22 | #11 |
| Idaho | 41 | #24 | #7 |
| Virginia | 172 | #25 | #6 |
| Arizona | 135 | #28 | #9 |
| Georgia | 175 | #28 | #7 |
| Maryland | 93 | #31 | #9 |
| Washington | 128 | #31 | #12 |
| Arkansas | 50 | #31 | #7 |
| Oregon | 64 | #31 | #4 |
| California | 613 | #33 | #8 |
| Texas | 570 | #34 | #8 |
| Vermont | 10 | #34 | #20 |
| Nebraska | 35 | #36 | #22 |
| West Virginia | 28 | #36 | #16 |
| Colorado | 97 | #36 | #6 |
| Oklahoma | 65 | #36 | #8 |
| North Carolina | 186 | #36 | #6 |
| Kentucky | 76 | #38 | #8 |
| Nevada | 41 | #39 | #9 |
| South Carolina | 79 | #39 | #8 |
| Florida | 316 | #40 | #9 |
| New Mexico | 23 | #41 | #8 |
| Pennsylvania | 176 | #42 | #7 |
| Alabama | 71 | #42 | #14 |
| District of Columbia | 13 | #43 | #15 |
| Kansas | 49 | #44 | #7 |
| Wyoming | 7 | #45 | #12 |
| New York | 260 | #46 | #10 |
| Ohio | 160 | #48 | #11 |
| Massachusetts | 104 | #48 | #9 |
| Tennessee | 106 | #50 | #7 |
| New Jersey | 128 | #53 | #8 |
| Indiana | 92 | #53 | #8 |
| Illinois | 137 | #55 | #8 |
| Michigan | 109 | #55 | #10 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | #64 | #12 |
| Mississippi | 28 | #70 | #16 |
| Utah | 54 | #71 | #15 |
| Montana | 12 | #71 | #10 |
| Missouri | 71 | #71 | #8 |
| Connecticut | 34 | #72 | #9 |
| Wisconsin | 58 | #77 | #13 |
| Iowa | 36 | #78 | #23 |
| Louisiana | 44 | #82 | #13 |
| Minnesota | 57 | #88 | #12 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #92 | #13 |
| South Dakota | 10 | #98 | #14 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #101 | #15 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,941 | #41 | — | — |
| 2024 | 5,535 | #32 | — | — |
| 2023 | 5,687 | #31 | 9 | #8,266 |
| 2022 | 6,306 | #24 | 6 | #10,885 |
| 2021 | 6,993 | #17 | 6 | #10,816 |
| 2020 | 7,917 | #12 | — | — |
| 2019 | 9,196 | #11 | 11 | #7,178 |
| 2018 | 9,879 | #11 | 13 | #6,352 |
| 2017 | 10,645 | #10 | 6 | #10,790 |
| 2016 | 11,796 | #8 | 10 | #7,609 |
| 2015 | 12,422 | #7 | 10 | #7,496 |
| 2014 | 12,114 | #8 | 13 | #6,312 |
| 2013 | 12,429 | #8 | 16 | #5,406 |
| 2012 | 12,730 | #7 | 13 | #6,310 |
| 2011 | 13,266 | #7 | 21 | #4,509 |
| 2010 | 14,257 | #7 | 9 | #8,151 |
| 2009 | 14,401 | #8 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2008 | 15,088 | #8 | 20 | #4,716 |
| 2007 | 15,476 | #8 | 27 | #3,795 |
| 2006 | 15,633 | #6 | 16 | #5,306 |
| 2005 | 15,756 | #4 | 13 | #5,876 |
| 2004 | 15,436 | #6 | 89 | #1,502 |
| 2003 | 15,932 | #6 | 23 | #3,732 |
| 2002 | 15,303 | #7 | 20 | #4,046 |
| 2001 | 14,807 | #8 | 19 | #4,122 |
| 2000 | 13,094 | #14 | 16 | #4,574 |
| 1999 | 11,686 | #18 | 17 | #4,162 |
| 1998 | 11,100 | #18 | 22 | #3,391 |
| 1997 | 9,630 | #26 | 6 | #8,121 |
| 1996 | 8,604 | #32 | 17 | #3,830 |
| 1995 | 7,825 | #36 | 12 | #4,792 |
| 1994 | 7,243 | #42 | 12 | #4,804 |
| 1993 | 5,185 | #67 | 12 | #4,700 |
| 1992 | 3,988 | #86 | 16 | #3,748 |
| 1991 | 3,799 | #92 | 13 | #4,233 |
| 1990 | 3,719 | #90 | 20 | #3,058 |
| 1989 | 3,405 | #94 | 22 | #2,784 |
| 1988 | 2,376 | #118 | 10 | #4,450 |
| 1987 | 2,001 | #138 | 13 | #3,523 |
| 1986 | 1,996 | #143 | 15 | #3,131 |
| 1985 | 1,848 | #153 | 12 | #3,601 |
| 1984 | 1,844 | #154 | 7 | #4,980 |
| 1983 | 1,909 | #151 | 12 | #3,411 |
| 1982 | 1,886 | #157 | 8 | #4,596 |
| 1981 | 1,816 | #156 | 7 | #4,964 |
| 1980 | 1,577 | #176 | 11 | #3,615 |
| 1979 | 1,226 | #213 | — | — |
| 1978 | 1,010 | #242 | — | — |
| 1977 | 794 | #298 | — | — |
| 1976 | 827 | #278 | 6 | #4,939 |
| 1975 | 615 | #353 | — | — |
| 1974 | 606 | #357 | — | — |
| 1973 | 479 | #413 | — | — |
| 1972 | 393 | #468 | — | — |
| 1971 | 392 | #491 | — | — |
| 1970 | 362 | #526 | — | — |
| 1969 | 281 | #590 | — | — |
| 1968 | 263 | #592 | — | — |
| 1967 | 244 | #609 | — | — |
| 1966 | 191 | #710 | — | — |
| 1965 | 209 | #679 | — | — |
| 1964 | 244 | #655 | — | — |
| 1963 | 255 | #633 | — | — |
| 1962 | 264 | #617 | — | — |
| 1961 | 232 | #680 | — | — |
| 1960 | 228 | #673 | — | — |
| 1959 | 206 | #698 | — | — |
| 1958 | 192 | #712 | — | — |
| 1957 | 187 | #731 | — | — |
| 1956 | 190 | #694 | — | — |
| 1955 | 180 | #700 | — | — |
| 1954 | 147 | #773 | — | — |
| 1953 | 169 | #705 | — | — |
| 1952 | 151 | #723 | — | — |
| 1951 | 137 | #749 | — | — |
| 1950 | 112 | #824 | — | — |
| 1949 | 113 | #823 | — | — |
| 1948 | 72 | #1,041 | — | — |
| 1947 | 78 | #1,003 | — | — |
| 1946 | 76 | #953 | — | — |
| 1945 | 53 | #1,080 | — | — |
| 1944 | 56 | #1,046 | — | — |
| 1943 | 63 | #996 | — | — |
| 1942 | 48 | #1,137 | — | — |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,184 | — | — |
| 1940 | 48 | #1,035 | — | — |
| 1939 | 53 | #974 | — | — |
| 1938 | 50 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 1937 | 45 | #1,063 | — | — |
| 1936 | 36 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,317 | — | — |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,346 | — | — |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,421 | — | — |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,569 | — | — |
| 1929 | 33 | #1,306 | — | — |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,404 | — | — |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,483 | — | — |
| 1925 | 37 | #1,296 | — | — |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,503 | — | — |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,428 | — | — |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,536 | — | — |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,765 | — | — |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,375 | — | — |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,393 | — | — |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,566 | — | — |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,110 | — | — |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,167 | — | — |
| 1915 | 38 | #1,094 | — | — |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,228 | — | — |
| 1913 | 14 | #1,601 | — | — |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,055 | — | — |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,031 | — | — |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,110 | — | — |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,142 | — | — |
| 1906 | 15 | #965 | — | — |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 | — | — |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,364 | — | — |
| 1903 | 20 | #760 | — | — |
| 1902 | 18 | #818 | — | — |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 | — | — |
| 1900 | 14 | #1,008 | — | — |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,278 | — | — |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,047 | — | — |
| 1897 | 15 | #826 | — | — |
| 1896 | 15 | #843 | — | — |
| 1895 | 15 | #815 | — | — |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 | — | — |
| 1893 | 21 | #630 | — | — |
| 1892 | 11 | #908 | — | — |
| 1891 | 11 | #839 | — | — |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 | — | — |
| 1889 | 20 | #567 | — | — |
| 1888 | 18 | #593 | — | — |
| 1887 | 13 | #633 | — | — |
| 1886 | 15 | #572 | — | — |
| 1885 | 9 | #745 | — | — |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 | — | — |
| 1883 | 11 | #579 | — | — |
| 1882 | 14 | #493 | — | — |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 | — | — |
| 1880 | 12 | #492 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).