Abbigail
Girl · AB-i-gayl · Hebrew
Abbigail is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is joy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Abbigail 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 beauty.
- Say it
- AB-i-gayl
Meaning borrowed from Abigail. More on Wiktionary.
Is Abbigail a girl's or a boy's name?
Abbigail is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abbigail in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 51 girls.
Half of all the girls named Abbigail in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Abbigail in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,141 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 2005 | 36 | #845 |
| 2004 | 38 | #794 |
| 2003 | 38 | #766 |
| 2002 | 38 | #740 |
| 2001 | 43 | #658 |
| 2000 | 41 | #674 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 39 | #695 |
| 1997 | 51 | #579 |
| 1996 | 50 | #556 |
How popular is Abbigail in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Abbigail, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 676 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Abbigail in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,061 girls in the US were given Abbigail or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #3,779 for this spelling alone.
Abbigail in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,554 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 141 | #1,528 |
| 2018 | 163 | #1,378 |
| 2017 | 180 | #1,303 |
| 2016 | 224 | #1,132 |
| 2015 | 261 | #1,025 |
| 2014 | 322 | #855 |
| 2013 | 364 | #747 |
| 2012 | 462 | #619 |
| 2011 | 570 | #514 |
| 2010 | 590 | #508 |
| 2009 | 676 | #458 |
| 2008 | 608 | #510 |
| 2007 | 653 | #495 |
| 2006 | 631 | #490 |
| 2005 | 601 | #502 |
| 2004 | 553 | #519 |
| 2003 | 555 | #515 |
| 2002 | 578 | #484 |
| 2001 | 544 | #505 |
| 2000 | 475 | #549 |
| 1999 | 396 | #612 |
| 1998 | 392 | #613 |
| 1997 | 310 | #693 |
| 1996 | 278 | #759 |
| 1995 | 232 | #841 |
| 1994 | 161 | #1,113 |
| 1993 | 111 | #1,445 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 72 | #1,927 |
| 1990 | 86 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,189 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 36 | #2,656 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Nicknames for Abbigail
Names like Abbigail
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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