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Abigail

Girls' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~407,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#41 among girls
Births in 2025
4,941 413,935 since 1880
Typical age
19 years, median

Abigail popularity over time

Abigail rank by birth year, 1880–2025Abigail ranked #492 in 1880 and #41 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #4, in 2005.#10#100#1,000#41best #4 in 200518901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2003 is the peak year for Abigail, with 15,955 births. It appears in the very first year SSA covers, 1880. It has held a top-100 place in 37 separate years.

The 2025 position is #41, on 4,941 births. The ten-year change is -60%.

Babies named Abigail per yearPeaks at 15,955 births in 2003.15,955 in 2003018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Abigail?

About 407,600 people named Abigail are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 413,935 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Abigail?

The typical living Abigail is 19 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2000s. By the site’s era rules that makes Abigail a millennial-era name.

Your Abigail

Ages of living people named AbigailHalf of living Abigails are older than 19 and half younger.median 19020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Abigail is most common

Wyoming uses the name 2.1× as often as the country as a whole. Alaska, Vermont and New Hampshire follow.

Where Abigail is used more than average5 states use the name Abigail more than the national average.Alaska: 2.1× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 2.0× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: 1.9× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.1× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.8× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Abigail is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Wyoming 107 2.1×
Alaska 216 2.1×
Vermont 107 2.0×
New Hampshire 355 1.9×
Rhode Island 252 1.8×

Abigail in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Abigail ranked #171 in 2025 on 283 births. That is 52% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Abigail comes from

From Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (“Abigail”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Abigail

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Abigail Adams First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801 1744–1818 84
Abigail Breslin American actress 1996 59
Abigail Johnson American businesswoman, business executive, heiress, billionaire 1961 43
Abigail Fillmore First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853 1798–1853 41
Abigail Spanberger American politician and former intelligence officer 1979 32
Abigail Spencer American actress 1981 30
Abigail Spears American tennis player 1981 26
Abigail Cowen American actress 1998 25
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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