Abigail
In 2025 Abigail comes in at #41 nationally, drifting down from its high. On the books since 1880, peaking in 2003: 413,263 American children so far.
What Abigail carries
Abigail · Hebrew
“father of joy”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
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Five printables for Abigail, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Abigail since 1880
Abigail peaked in 2003 at #6; #41 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Abigail is most common
Among the states, Abigail takes its largest share in Alaska, 1.21% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Vermont and Delaware next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Abigail
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jeremiah
#88 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jonathan
#89 in 2025 · Hebrew
Gabriella
#105 in 2025 · Hebrew
Giovanni
#123 in 2025 · Hebrew
Malachi
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathaniel
#140 in 2025 · Hebrew
Benjamin
#11 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Abigail
How popular is the name Abigail?
In 2025 Abigail comes in at #41 nationally, drifting down from its high. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Abigail mean?
The reference we cite records “father of joy”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Abigail?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Aaron sits closest, with Jeremiah and Jonathan just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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