Abagail
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AB-a-gayl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Abagail is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is joy”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Abagail mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Abigail
“my father is joy”
In the Bible, Abigail is a wife of King David, praised for her good sense and tact.
Is Abagail a girl's or a boy's name?
Abagail is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abagail in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 girls.
Abagail in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Abagail in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Abagail, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 321 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Abagail than any year since 1979.
Half of all the girls named Abagail in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,061 girls in the US were given Abagail or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Abagail in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,850 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2017 | 60 | #2,816 |
| 2016 | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2015 | 104 | #1,937 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,624 |
| 2013 | 160 | #1,420 |
| 2012 | 223 | #1,111 |
| 2011 | 231 | #1,066 |
| 2010 | 282 | #919 |
| 2009 | 297 | #911 |
| 2008 | 321 | #868 |
| 2007 | 314 | #885 |
| 2006 | 298 | #892 |
| 2005 | 288 | #881 |
| 2004 | 258 | #932 |
| 2003 | 276 | #869 |
| 2002 | 256 | #882 |
| 2001 | 244 | #919 |
| 2000 | 222 | #953 |
| 1999 | 211 | #977 |
| 1998 | 183 | #1,064 |
| 1997 | 181 | #1,052 |
| 1996 | 139 | #1,254 |
| 1995 | 154 | #1,136 |
| 1994 | 132 | #1,282 |
| 1993 | 90 | #1,661 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
Nicknames for Abagail
Names like Abagail
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Abigail, Amira, Amal, Amaya, Ayah, Anaya, Aisha, Raya, Maryam, Khadija, Zainab
Other spellings of Abagail
Abigail, Abbigail, Abigale, Abygail, Abbygail, Abbigale, Abbygale
Names related to Abagail
Abbeygail, Abbagail, Abegail, Abagale, Abagayle, Abaigeal, Abigial
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abagail: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abagail, updated 20 October 2026.