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Abisai

#3,756 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Abishai

Abisai has been given to 1,164 babies in the U.S. since 1987. In 2025 it ranked #3,756 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Abisai, 2025

1 in 114,000

Abisai over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Abisai over time

In 2025, Abisai went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19872025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Abisai: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Abishai

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Abisai means

Abisai is a form of Abishai.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Abisai → Abishai. The family’s meaning is “my father is a gift”, recorded in the naming reference for Abishai.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Abishai.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,074 boys were recorded with the name Abisai between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 2004; its best national rank was #2,416 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,568 in 2020 to #3,756 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,590 in 2015 to #3,756 in 2025.

In the United States, 90 girls were recorded with the name Abisai between 2014 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2016; its best national rank was #5,286 in 2016.

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.

How common is Abisai?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 114,000
29 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 58,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,756
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
79,239 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Abisai sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 79,239 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abisai. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abisais were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abisai was born before 2008 — so the typical Abisai is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
34.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,074
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 34.0% of all recorded uses (365).

Is Abisai 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
+811
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−188
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−166
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.97×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
63.0%
Peak was 2004 (46)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,416
2004

Spellings of Abisai

Abisai is not the most common spelling — Isai is, with 80.8% against Abisai's 11.8%.

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 Abisai is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Abisai was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 108,692 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Colorado1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Abisai has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Abisai is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Abisai was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,664,335 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 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. Abisai has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Abisai by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,756
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 188
Best rank ever
#2,416
2004
Peak year
2004
46 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,074
Count in 2025
29

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,286
2016
Peak year
2016
25 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
90
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Abisai

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

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Sibling names for Abisai

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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