Abisai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-bee-SY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Abisai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is a gift”. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Abisai mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Abishai
“my father is a gift”
In the Bible, Abishai is King David's nephew and one of his fiercest warriors.
Is Abisai a girl's or a boy's name?
Abisai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abisai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,756th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Abisai, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Abisai in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2020, 19% of the babies named Abisai in the US were girls.
Abisai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 35 | #3,222 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 46 | #2,415 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,018 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
Names like Abisai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Musa, Zamir, Hamza, Ahmad, Amir, Zahir, Mustafa, Asaiah, Zayd
Names related to Abisai
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Abisai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abisai, updated 20 October 2026.