girl's name

Abbigail

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 13,875

Scotland

#685

2015 births

Abbigail is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2009, when 676 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 85,012 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1959.

Abbigail over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

5,879
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Abbigail by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 5
1960s 23
1970s 107
1980s 385
1990s 2,113
2000s 5,879
2010s 3,277
2020s (to 2025) 370

How popular is Abbigail?

In 2025, Abbigail was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Abbigail is used

Scotland #685 4 in 2015
Ireland #782 4 in 2013
Canada #2,722 7 in 2023
United States #3,789 39 in 2025
England & Wales #6,620 3 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Abbigail

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Abbigail also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Abbigail over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Abbigail

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Abbigail — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Abbigail

How popular is the name Abbigail?

In 2025, Abbigail was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Abbigail a girl's or a boy's name?

Abbigail is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Abbigail most popular?

Abbigail peaked in 2009, when 676 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Abbigail a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Abbigail currently ranks #3,789 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.