Unisex name · since 1995
Abishai
Abishai has 333 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,025 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,745 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 333
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abishai currently ranks #5745 among unisex names in America, with 333 babies recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Abishai recorded 333 times among boys since 1995, holding rank #5745 nationally today, ahead of 59% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #10,025 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,745 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 333 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abishai ranks #10,025 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,745 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 333 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,025 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,745 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 333
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abishai's 333 recorded births place it above 77.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Abishai compares
333 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Abishai's all-time total is 10% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abishai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 333 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Abishai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abishai's full recorded timeline at 2013, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abishai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Abishai popularity over time - girls
26 total births recorded since 2012 (Abishai as girls' name)
Abishai by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (137 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Abishai's strongest decade.
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Abishai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
137 births
- 2020s
2020s
116 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 137 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Abishai's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (137 total births) through the 2020s (116) -- 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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Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Abishai 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.