Girls' name · since 1968
Avigail
Avigail has 2,217 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,217
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avigail currently ranks #2124 among girls' names in America, with 2,217 babies recorded since 1968.
Avigail has 2,217 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2124 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #4,400 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,124 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,217 born since 1968
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avigail ranks #4,400 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,124 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,217 born since 1968, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,124 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,217
- born since 1968
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avigail's 2,217 recorded births place it above 93.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Avigail compares
2,217 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Avigail's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avigail | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,217 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 116 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avigail's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Avigail's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 81% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 19%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 116, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Avigail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 116
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Avigail by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (841 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Avigail's strongest decade.
841 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Avigail births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 56
1980s
56 births
- 1990s 242
1990s
242 births
- 2000s
2000s
581 births
- 2010s
2010s
841 births
- 2020s
2020s
475 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 841 births (38% of all-time use).
How Avigail 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 Avigail's total volume
Avigail by state
Where Avigail concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 521 | 23.5% |
| #2 | California | | 275 | 12.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 152 | 6.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 148 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 113 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Washington | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 8 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.3% |
521 of 2,217 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Avigail appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Avigail's data
- Avigail's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (841 total births) through the 2020s (475) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Avigails (521 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Avigail: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~57 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, 1968–2025 (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 Avigail 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.