Abigail — #32 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Abigail

The Social Security Administration has registered 408,235 babies named Abigail between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abigail currently holds the #32 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 15,932 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abigail performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 150,923 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Abigail shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 41,523 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Abigail in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abigail 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 408,235 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.