Girl name#99 of girl names
Abigail
Pronounced AE1 B AH0 G EY2 L (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2003
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
How popular is Abigail?
Abigail is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 409,672 children — the 99th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 39% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2003, when 15,955 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE1 B AH0 G EY2 L
- Stress pattern:
- 102
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Abigail
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Abigail
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Abigail?
- Abigail ranks 99th among girls' names in US records, with 409,672 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 86,516.
- Is Abigail a unisex name?
- No. Abigail is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Abigail most popular?
- 2003, when 15,955 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.