How rare is the name Abigayle?

5,073 people in the United States have the first name Abigayle, about 1 in 59,537. It ranks #3,872 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ABIGAYLE

#3,872

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,073
About
1 in 59,537
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,073 people named Abigayle, 84.7% reported their origin as White, 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Abigayle peaked in 2005, when 354 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
354
In 2025*
27 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,190 babies have been given the name since 1968. 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.

Abigayle by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,448. The largest share of babies named Abigayle, 73.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#14,07234
1980s#6,642187
1990s#2,2461,314
2000s#1,4483,257
2010s#3,1381,207
2020s#7,767185
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–9612.5%
Generation Z 1997–1273.4%
2013 and later13.2%

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 Abigayle is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abigayle has been most common in Kentucky (2.1×), Utah (1.9×), and Oklahoma (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.41×).

4,294 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.

Exactly as common as Abigayle

1 other first name also has 5,073 people.

#3,872 Melani · 5,073

Either side of Abigayle

#3,870 Brittni · 5,076#3,871 Jamarion · 5,075#3,872 Melani · 5,073#3,874 Elin · 5,072

Spelled almost the same

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

#146 Abigail · 342,490#3,564 Abigale · 5,782#6,143 Abigal · 2,645#7,480 Abigael · 2,038#8,126 Abbigale · 1,799#11,789 Abbigayle · 1,073#17,184 Abigaile · 646#24,628 Abbygayle · 390

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