Girls' name · since 1974
Abygail
Abygail has 2,860 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,706 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,384 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,860
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Abygail is the #6384 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,860 recorded since 1974.
Abygail has 2,860 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6384 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, 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 1974 to 2025.
- #3,706 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,384 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,860 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abygail ranks #3,706 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,384 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,860 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,706 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,384 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,860
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Abygail's 2,860 recorded births place it above 94.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Abygail compares
2,860 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Abygail's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abygail | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,860 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 180 | 21 | 19,840 |
Abygail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abygail's full recorded timeline at 2006, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 180 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abygail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 180
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Abygail by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,273 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Abygail's strongest decade.
1,273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Abygail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 281
1990s
281 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,273 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,115 births
- 2020s 164
2020s
164 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,273 births (45% of all-time use).
How Abygail 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 Abygail's total volume
Abygail by state
Where Abygail concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 392 | 13.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 369 | 12.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 119 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 63 | 2.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 60 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 45 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 44 | 1.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 32 | 1.1% |
392 of 2,860 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Abygail appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Abygail's data
- Abygail's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,273 total births); usage has since declined to 164 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Abygails (392 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abygail: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Abygail 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.