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Abishai

#5,607 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

My father is a gift

Abishai has been given to 359 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #5,607 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Abishai, 2025

1 in 207,000

Abishai over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010203018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

19952025

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.

Abishai: meaning, origin, and history

My father is a gift

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Abishai means

Abishai means “my father is a gift”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 333 boys were recorded with the name Abishai between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2022; its best national rank was #4,180 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,076 in 2020 to #5,607 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,493 in 2015 to #5,607 in 2025.

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Abishai between 2012 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2012; its best national rank was #9,108 in 2012.

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 Abishai?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 207,000
16 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 107,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,607
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
143,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Abishai 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 143,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abishai. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abishais were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abishai was born before 2016 — so the typical Abishai is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
333
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.1% of all recorded uses (137).

Is Abishai 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
−1,409
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,469
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,886
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.60×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
64.0%
Peak was 2022 (25)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,180
2022

Spellings of Abishai

Abishai is not the most common spelling — Abisai is, with 76.3% against Abishai's 23.7%.

  • Abisai76.3%1,074
  • Abishai23.7%333

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.

Abishai around the world

Where Abishai 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
    2008–2024
    #4,271
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Abishai by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,607
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,469
Best rank ever
#4,180
2022
Peak year
2022
25 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
333
Count in 2025
16

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,108
2012
Peak year
2012
12 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
26
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Abishai

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

AbijahAvishaiAbimaelAbisaiAbigailMachaiJachaiJakhaiMalakhaiYishaiAbidMekhaiZakhaiMikhaiAbirAbieMakhaiAbielAbishekMichaiAbimelecMalachaiChaiAbiola

Sibling names for Abishai

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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