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Name
Meaning:

  • My Father Is Joyful

    • National
    Origins:

  • Hebrew

    • Fun Facts

    Biblical Name For David's Wife, Who Related To Beauty And Wisdom. Its Common Nickname Is "Abby"".".

    Abigail Name Popularity


    Boys vs Girls

    0.17%
    Male

    99.83%
    Female

    Abigail is predominantly a girls name, with 99.83% of Abigails being girls, and 0.17% being boys.

    In the United States there have been a total of 661 males named Abigail, and 392524 females given the name

    Names Similar to Abigail

    Rank Name Global Rank
    1. Abbigail 2058
    2. Abygail 3236
    3. Avigail 3328
    4. Abbygail 3370
    5. Abigale 3432
    6. Abagail 3572
    7. Abagayle 3572
    8. Abaigael 3572

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    Popularity of Abigail by state:

    This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Abigail in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
    Lighter = More Popular
    Darker = Less Popular

    Abigail: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025


    The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Abigail' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the girls name Abigail in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 66358 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 66358 unique total names have been given to girls living in the United States so far. Abigail's average ranking is 1078.22, with it's highest ever rank being #. Abigail has reach the top 10 most popular girls name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 34 times.

    Abigail has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 393185 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Abigail gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1994, when it's usage went up by 141.54%. During this year, 7240 babies were named Abigail, which was 0.1965% of the baby girls born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.422%, in this year alone more than 16000 girls were named Abigail.

    Popular 'A' Names - Girls

    Girls names starting with 'A'

    Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with A. These girls names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'A' names, their over all rank among all girl names, the total number of baby girls expected to be given this name in 2025, and the total percentage of girls given this name.

    Name 'A-Name' Rank Overall Rank Total Named Percentage named
    Ava 1. 4. 16237 0.449%
    Abigail 2. 23. 11699 0.323%
    Amelia 3. 30. 10702 0.296%
    Avery 4. 51. 8733 0.241%
    Aria 5. 78. 6904 0.191%
    Aubrey 6. 83. 6507 0.18%
    Addison 7. 88. 6295 0.174%
    Audrey 8. 111. 5330 0.147%
    Allison 9. 134. 4762 0.132%
    Alexa 10. 135. 4760 0.132%
    Anna 11. 136. 4749 0.131%
    Aaliyah 12. 139. 4611 0.127%
    Ariana 13. 140. 4577 0.127%
    Adeline 14. 160. 4103 0.113%
    Autumn 15. 164. 3990 0.11%
    Aurora 16. 166. 3963 0.11%
    Arianna 17. 169. 3869 0.107%
    Alice 18. 181. 3669 0.101%
    Aubree 19. 201. 3390 0.094%
    Ashley 20. 236. 3024 0.084%

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