Abishai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- uh-BISH-eye
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Abishai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is a gift”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Abishai mean?
Hebrew
“my father is a gift”
Abishai, brother of Joab, was one of King David's mightiest warriors.
Is Abishai a girl's or a boy's name?
Abishai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abishai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 boys.
Abishai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Abishai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Abishai, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer boys named Abishai than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Abishai in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abishai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Abishai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Ibrahim Musa Ayyub Abdul-Hadi Ahmed Abdullahi Aliyas Asaiah Abubakr Abdulrahman
Names related to Abishai
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, “Abishai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abishai, updated 20 October 2026.