Fun Facts About the Name Abygail
- More than 2 thousand babies named Abygail: U.S. records list 2,859 babies given the name Abygail from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Abygail Mean?
Abygail is an English spelling variant of Abigail. The parent name comes from Hebrew Avigayil (אֲבִיגַיִל), commonly understood as "my father is joy" or "father's joy." Its elements are avi, "my father," and gil, "joy." The English customary meaning, "father's joy," is a slight smoothing of the literal Hebrew sense rather than a different etymology.
Abygail Name History & Origins
The name Abigail is biblical. In the Hebrew Bible, Abigail is the wife of Nabal and later of David, and her story appears in 1 Samuel 25. The Hebrew form Avigayil was rendered in Greek as Abigaia and in Latin as Abigail, the form that passed into English. Abigail was used as an English given name and was especially common among Puritans in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Abygail is a later English respelling of Abigail, with y in place of the i. It is not a separate Hebrew or biblical form, and its history is the history of the English name Abigail rather than an independent name. The respelling keeps the usual English pronunciation but does not change the name's derivation.
How Popular is the Name Abygail?
Abygail has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #1,333 in 2009.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2024 | #6,371 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #5,387 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #4,903 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #3,496 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 2019 | #3,270 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 2018 | #2,510 | 70 | 0.0041% |
| 2017 | #2,282 | 81 | 0.0047% |
| 2016 | #1,757 | 118 | 0.0067% |
| 2015 | #1,850 | 111 | 0.0062% |
| 2014 | #2,096 | 92 | 0.0052% |
| 2013 | #1,646 | 129 | 0.0074% |
| 2012 | #1,457 | 156 | 0.0089% |
| 2011 | #1,455 | 155 | 0.0088% |
| 2010 | #1,456 | 155 | 0.0087% |
| 2009 | #1,333 | 180 | 0.0098% |
| 2008 | #1,414 | 168 | 0.0089% |
| 2007 | #1,387 | 173 | 0.0090% |
| 2006 | #1,381 | 165 | 0.0087% |
| 2005 | #1,599 | 127 | 0.0069% |
| 2004 | #1,554 | 127 | 0.0069% |
| 2003 | #1,743 | 108 | 0.0059% |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2001 | #2,461 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2000 | #2,236 | 70 | 0.0039% |
| 1999 | #2,675 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1995 | #3,088 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1993 | #6,266 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #6,653 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #6,977 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #11,414 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #6,532 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #11,804 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #11,331 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #8,778 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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