Recorded 1990–2018 Girls' name Peak 2002 345 births

Abigayl — girls' name

345 babies named Abigayl in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s712000s1992010s75
2000s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Abigayl was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

23 babies were named Abigayl in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Abigayl

The Social Security Administration has registered 345 babies named Abigayl between 1990 and 2018, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abigayl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abigayl performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Abigayl shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Abigayl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abigayl 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 345 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.

Abigayl at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

345

Since 1990

29 years of records

Peak year

2002

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1990

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2018

Abigayl popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1990

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2002)
23
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
0510152025 20182014201020062002199819941990 7

Abigayl by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
199 births that decade — 58% of Abigayl's all-time total
1990s712000s1992010s75

Abigayl by state

Where Abigayl concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Abigayl
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.4%
California share of Abigayl's total US births 1.4%

5 of 345 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Abigayl?
345 babies have been named Abigayl since 1990. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2002 with 23 births.
When was Abigayl most popular?
Abigayl was most popular in the 2000s decade with 199 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Abigayl most popular?
The top states for the name Abigayl are California (5 births).
How long has the name Abigayl been used?
Abigayl has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 29 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Abigayl?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Abigail, Abigayle, Abigale, Abigael, 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, 1990–2018 (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.