Abygail
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AB-ee-gayl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Abygail is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is joy”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Abygail mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Abbygail, itself a variant of Abigail
“my father is joy”
In the Bible Abigail is a wise woman who becomes a wife of King David.
Meaning borrowed from Abbygail. More on Wiktionary.
Is Abygail a girl's or a boy's name?
Abygail is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abygail 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 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Abygail in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Abygail in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Abygail in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Abygail, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 180 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Abygail in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,061 girls in the US were given Abygail or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Abygail in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 70 | #2,508 |
| 2017 | 81 | #2,283 |
| 2016 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2015 | 111 | #1,850 |
| 2014 | 92 | #2,096 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 156 | #1,457 |
| 2011 | 155 | #1,455 |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,456 |
| 2009 | 180 | #1,334 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,405 |
| 2007 | 173 | #1,387 |
| 2006 | 165 | #1,381 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,598 |
| 2004 | 127 | #1,553 |
| 2003 | 108 | #1,742 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,932 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,457 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,710 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Nicknames for Abygail
Names like Abygail
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abigail, Aaliyah, Hannah, Ava, Zoe, Chloe, Amelie, Ellie, Anaya, Amaya, Maryam, Isabella
Other spellings of Abygail
Abigail, Abbigail, Abigale, Abbygail, Abagail, Abbigale, Abbygale
Names related to Abygail
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Abygail: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abygail, updated 20 October 2026.