# Abbigail (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abbigail/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,159 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 12,154 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 597, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A rare nonstandard spelling of Abigail.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 570 | 514 |
| 2012 | 462 | 619 |
| 2013 | 364 | 747 |
| 2014 | 322 | 855 |
| 2015 | 261 | 1,025 |
| 2016 | 224 | 1,132 |
| 2017 | 180 | 1,303 |
| 2018 | 163 | 1,379 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,529 |
| 2020 | 95 | 1,977 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,485 |
| 2022 | 69 | 2,554 |
| 2023 | 59 | 2,852 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,964 |
| 2025 | 39 | 3,780 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 11,361 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 27 | 1,093 |
| 2009 | 17 | 1,596 |
| 2010 | 24 | 1,294 |
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.