Girls' name · since 1968
Abigayle
6,185 babies named Abigayle in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,900 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,185
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
6,185 babies have been named Abigayle since 1968, making it today's #4900 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Abigayle recorded 6,185 times among girls since 1968, holding rank #4900 nationally today, ahead of 72% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #2,249 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,900 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,185 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abigayle ranks #2,249 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,900 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,185 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,249 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,900 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,185
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Abigayle's 6,185 recorded births place it above 96.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Abigayle compares
6,185 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Abigayle's all-time total is 16x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abigayle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,185 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 354 | 21 | 19,840 |
Abigayle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abigayle's full recorded timeline at 2000, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 354 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abigayle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 354
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Abigayle popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Abigayle as boys' name)
Abigayle by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,252 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Abigayle's strongest decade.
3,252 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Abigayle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 34
1970s
34 births
- 1980s 187
1980s
187 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,314 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,252 births
- 2010s 1,207
2010s
1,207 births
- 2020s 185
2020s
185 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,252 births (53% of all-time use).
How Abigayle 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 Abigayle's total volume
Abigayle by state
Where Abigayle concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 469 | 7.6% |
| #2 | California | | 335 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 240 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 234 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 233 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 199 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 184 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 172 | 2.8% |
469 of 6,185 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Abigayle appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Abigayle's data
- Abigayle's decade-level peak was the 2000s (3,252 total births); usage has since declined to 185 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Abigayles (469 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Abigayle
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abigayle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Abigayle 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.