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Abigail
Pronounced /ˈæb.ə.ɡeɪl/
Rank in 2024
#32
Born in 2024
5,499
Peak year
2003 · #6
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5,499 girls were named Abigail, about 1 in every 293.
- It peaked in 2003 with 15,932 babies, ranked #6.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 408,235 girls have been named Abigail since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Abigail per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 2.1Millennials1981–96
- 7.7Gen Z1997–12
- 5.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 641 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 746 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,233 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,469 babies, 0.37 per 1,000. Millennials: 59,444 babies, 2.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 223,584 babies, 7.70 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 110,843 babies, 5.46 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Abigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).
- A female given name from Hebrew, used since the 16th century, and currently quite popular.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈæb.ə.ɡeɪl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Abigail, CC BY-SA 4.0.