Abishai — #4370 US boys' name
316 babies named Abishai in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 69% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Abishai was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Abishai in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abishai
The Social Security Administration has registered 316 babies named Abishai between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abishai currently holds the #4370 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 25 babies received it in a single year. Abishai is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 2012.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abishai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Abishai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abishai 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 316 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.
Abishai at a glance
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Current rank
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Abishai popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #4370 among boys.
316 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 25 births in a single year.
Abishai popularity over time — girls
26 total births recorded since 2012 (Abishai as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Abishai accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Abishai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 137 births that decade — 43% of Abishai's all-time total
Abishai decade highlights
- Peak decade 137 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Abishai's strongest decade
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1995–2024 (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.