Girls' name · since 1980
Abigael
Abigael has 1,959 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,621 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,959
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Abigael currently ranks #5621 among girls' names in America, with 1,959 babies recorded since 1980.
Abigael has 1,959 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5621 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #4,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,621 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,959 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abigael ranks #4,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,621 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,959 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,621 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,959
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Abigael's 1,959 recorded births place it above 93.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Abigael compares
1,959 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Abigael's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abigael | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,959 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 84 | 21 | 19,840 |
Abigael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Abigael splits its recorded history at 2004: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 84 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Abigael popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 84
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Abigael popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Abigael as boys' name)
Abigael by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (715 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Abigael's strongest decade.
715 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Abigael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 79
1980s
79 births
- 1990s
1990s
408 births
- 2000s
2000s
715 births
- 2010s
2010s
551 births
- 2020s 206
2020s
206 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 715 births (36% of all-time use).
How Abigael compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Abigael's total volume
Abigael by state
Where Abigael concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 132 | 6.7% |
| #2 | California | | 108 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 99 | 5.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 83 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 41 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 30 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 22 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 13 | 0.7% |
132 of 1,959 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Abigael appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Abigael's data
- Abigael's decade-level peak was the 2000s (715 total births); usage has since declined to 206 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Abigaels (132 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abigael: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~45 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Abigael draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.