Avigayil
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-vee-GAH-yeel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Avigayil is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my father is joy”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Avigayil mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Abigail
“my father is joy”
Hebrew form of Abigail, the wise wife of King David in the Books of Samuel.
Is Avigayil a girl's or a boy's name?
Avigayil is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avigayil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Avigayil, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Avigayil in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avigayil in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Nicknames for Avigayil
- Avi 65 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Avigayil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armani, Avani, Anya, Arya, Anika, Anaya, Ariella, Aviva, Ahuva, Navi, Avaya, Eliana
Names related to Avigayil
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, “Avigayil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avigayil, updated 20 October 2026.