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Abigael

#5,554 in 2025Girls' name

My Father's joy, through Abigail

Abigael has been given to 1,964 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #5,554 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 84 recorded.

Babies named Abigael, 2025

1 in 151,000

Abigael over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abigael: meaning, origin, and history

My Father's joy, through Abigail

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Abigael means

Abigael belongs to the name family reached through Abigael → Abigail. Its meaning is “my Father's joy”.

Origin, language, and formation

Abigael is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Abigail.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,959 girls were recorded with the name Abigael between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 84 in 2009; its best national rank was #2,139 in 2002.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,168 in 2020 to #5,554 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,595 in 2015 to #5,554 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Abigael between 2004 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2004; its best national rank was #11,367 in 2004.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Abigael?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 73,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,554
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Abigael sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abigael. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abigaels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abigael was born before 2006 — so the typical Abigael is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
36.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
71.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,959
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 36.5% of all recorded uses (715).

Is Abigael rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,661
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,386
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,959
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.51×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
26.2%
Peak was 2009 (84)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,139
2002

Spellings of Abigael

Abigael is not the most common spelling — Abigail is, with 91.4% against Abigael's 0.43%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Abigael is used

Across 1910–2025, Abigael was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 162,500 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 100,000
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in 100,000
  5. 5New York1 in 100,000
  6. 6Texas1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8New Jersey1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Abigael has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Abigael around the world

Where Abigael ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1998–2011
    #810
    in 2011
  • Ireland
    2007–2022
    #905
    in 2022
  • France
    1974–2025
    #510
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #772
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1984–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Abigael by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,554
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,386
Best rank ever
#2,139
2002
Peak year
2009
84 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,959
Count in 2025
22

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,367
2004
Peak year
2004
5 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Abigael

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AbileneAbigaleAbigayleIsraelAbigalAbigaylAbigaelleAbigaileAbihaMishaelMichaelAbigialLaelAzraelAbijahAbisolaAbiRaphaelAbiahYaelJaelAbiolaRafaelGael

Sibling names for Abigael

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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