# Abigayle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abigayle/  
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 | 6,190 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 6,185 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 286, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant 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 | 198 | 1,210 |
| 2012 | 165 | 1,396 |
| 2013 | 146 | 1,509 |
| 2014 | 124 | 1,692 |
| 2015 | 109 | 1,872 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,594 |
| 2017 | 71 | 2,508 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,107 |
| 2019 | 59 | 2,814 |
| 2020 | 34 | 4,078 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4,017 |
| 2022 | 35 | 4,108 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,565 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,445 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,878 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 11,375 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 26 | 871 |
| 2002 | 20 | 1,066 |
| 2003 | 24 | 996 |
| 2004 | 15 | 1,459 |
| 2005 | 9 | 2,247 |
| 2006 | 10 | 2,137 |
| 2007 | 12 | 1,965 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |

## 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.