Abigail Girl
How popular is Abigail?
#41 girl name in 2025
4,941 baby girls were named Abigail in the US in 2025, making it the 41st most popular girl name.
Abigail popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #41 for girls (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,941 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7 in 2015, #12 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (15,932 girls) |
| Highest rank | #4 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Abigail counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Abigail family of names ranked #50 for girls in 2025 (#43 the year before), with 5,075 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Abigail | 4,941 | 97% |
| Abbigail | 39 | 1% |
| Abigale | 22 | 0% |
| Abygail | 18 | 0% |
| Abbygail | 17 | 0% |
| Abigayle | 27 | 1% |
| Abbigale | 6 | 0% |
| Abbygale | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Abigail is most popular
Babies named Abigail per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 9.5 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- Wyoming: 9.1 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- New Hampshire: 7.9 per 1,000 (146 girls)
- Delaware: 7.8 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- Maine: 7.1 per 1,000 (110 girls)
Abigail by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 133 | #492 |
| 1890s | 128 | #630 |
| 1900s | 136 | #760 |
| 1910s | 270 | #1,031 |
| 1920s | 322 | #1,209 |
| 1930s | 365 | #974 |
| 1940s | 647 | #822 |
| 1950s | 1,671 | #693 |
| 1960s | 2,411 | #590 |
| 1970s | 6,704 | #213 |
| 1980s | 20,658 | #94 |
| 1990s | 72,779 | #18 |
| 2000s | 150,926 | #4 |
| 2010s | 118,734 | #7 |
| 2020s | 37,379 | #12 |
Girl names about as popular as Abigail
Questions
- Is Abigail a boy or girl name?
- Abigail is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Abigail were girls.
- How popular is the name Abigail?
- 4,941 baby girls were named Abigail in the US in 2025, making it the 41st most popular girl name.
- When was Abigail most popular?
- Abigail peaked in 2003, when 15,932 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #4 in 2005.
- How many people are named Abigail?
- 413,935 babies have been named Abigail in the US since 1880. We estimate about 407,632 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Abigail most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Abigail was most common in Alaska, at 9.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.