Recorded 1996–2021 Girls' name Peak 2006 361 births

Abygale — girls' name

361 babies named Abygale in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s202000s1912010s1382020s12
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Abygale was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

33 babies were named Abygale in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Abygale

The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Abygale between 1996 and 2021, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Abygale currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abygale performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Abygale shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Abygale in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abygale 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 361 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.

Abygale at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

361

Since 1996

26 years of records

Peak year

2006

33 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1996

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 2021

Abygale popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1996

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2006)
33
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
010203040 202120172014201120082005200219991996 5

Abygale by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
191 births that decade — 53% of Abygale's all-time total
1990s202000s1912010s1382020s12

Abygale by state

Where Abygale concentrates geographically — total births since 1996

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Abygale
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
6 1.7%
Texas share of Abygale's total US births 1.7%

6 of 361 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Abygale?
361 babies have been named Abygale since 1996. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2006 with 33 births.
When was Abygale most popular?
Abygale was most popular in the 2000s decade with 191 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Abygale most popular?
The top states for the name Abygale are Texas (6 births).
How long has the name Abygale been used?
Abygale has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 26 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Abygale?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Abygail, Aby, Abygayle, Abyssinia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1996–2021 (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.