How common is the name Abigail?

342,490 people in the United States have the first name Abigail, about 1 in 882. It ranks #146 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ABIGAIL

#146

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
342,490
About
1 in 882
This common or more
36.2%
Who bears it

Of the 342,490 people named Abigail, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 18.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Abigail peaked in 2003, when 15,955 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
15,955
In 2025*
4,941 ▼69%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 413,935 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Abigail by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #23. The largest share of babies named Abigail, 54.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#1,082133
1890s#1,410128
1900s#1,617136
1910s#2,228270
1920s#2,550322
1930s#2,196365
1940s#1,779647
1950s#1,2911,671
1960s#1,1362,411
1970s#6386,710
1980s#28520,775
1990s#9472,926
2000s#25151,185
2010s#23118,856
2020s#7037,400
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–802.3%
Millennials 1981–9614.4%
Generation Z 1997–1254.1%
2013 and later28%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Abigail is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abigail has been most common in New Hampshire (1.9×), Nevada (1.8×), and Alaska (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.45×).

410,174 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Abigail

#144 Gabriel · 347,542#145 Dylan · 343,919#147 Logan · 341,575#148 Victor · 337,308

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abigail, most common first.

#2,490 Abbigail · 9,864#3,564 Abigale · 5,782#3,574 Abagail · 5,749#3,872 Abigayle · 5,073#6,028 Abbygail · 2,725#6,143 Abigal · 2,645#7,126 Abygail · 2,166#7,480 Abigael · 2,038

Also a last name

As a last name, Abigail ranks #93,963 of 156,621, with 209 people. See Abigail as a last name

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