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Abigail name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Abigail ranks #41 in female records (4,941 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Abigail becoming more popular?

Abigail's reported female count decreased by 594 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #32 to #41. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published male observation for Abigail. That is not a count of zero.

Abigail in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for AbigailFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.11,7960201620252016: 11,796 female records2017: 10,645 female records2018: 9,879 female records2019: 9,196 female records2020: 7,917 female records2021: 6,993 female records2022: 6,306 female records2023: 5,687 female records2024: 5,535 female records2025: 4,941 female records2016: 10 male records2017: 6 male records2018: 13 male records2019: 11 male records2021: 6 male records2022: 6 male records2023: 9 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20254,94141——
20245,53532——
20235,6873198,266
20226,30624610,885
20216,99317610,816
20207,91712——
20199,19611117,178
20189,87911136,352
201710,64510610,790
201611,7968107,609

Questions about Abigail’s popularity

How common is Abigail in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Abigail ranks #41 in female records (4,941 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Abigail?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Abigail only.

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