Girls' name · since 1987
Abigial
Abigial has 172 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Abigial sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 172 recorded since 1987.
Abigial has 172 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1987 to 2018.
- #21,353 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 172 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abigial ranks #21,353 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 172 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Abigial's 172 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Abigial's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Abigial splits its recorded history at 2006: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Abigial popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2018
- Peak year (1998)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Abigial by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (90 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Abigial's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Abigial births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 90 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Abigial's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (90 total births) through the 2010s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Abigial: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1987–2018 (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 Abigial 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.