Recorded 1989–2017 Girls' name Peak 2003 330 births

Abaigeal — girls' name

330 babies named Abaigeal in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s61990s1002000s1552010s69
2000s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Abaigeal was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

24 babies were named Abaigeal in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Abaigeal

The Social Security Administration has registered 330 babies named Abaigeal between 1989 and 2017, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abaigeal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abaigeal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Abaigeal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Abaigeal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abaigeal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 330 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Abaigeal at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

330

Since 1989

29 years of records

Peak year

2003

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1989

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2017

Abaigeal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1989

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2003)
24
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
0510152025 20172013200920052001199719931989 6

Abaigeal by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
155 births that decade — 47% of Abaigeal's all-time total
1980s61990s1002000s1552010s69

Abaigeal by state

Where Abaigeal concentrates geographically — total births since 1989

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Abaigeal
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
5 1.5%
Illinois share of Abaigeal's total US births 1.5%

5 of 330 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Abaigeal?
330 babies have been named Abaigeal since 1989. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2003 with 24 births.
When was Abaigeal most popular?
Abaigeal was most popular in the 2000s decade with 155 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Abaigeal most popular?
The top states for the name Abaigeal are Illinois (5 births).
How long has the name Abaigeal been used?
Abaigeal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 29 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Abaigeal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Abagail, Abagale, Abagayle, Abagael, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.