Names like Abigail
In 2025, 4,941 girls born in the US were named Abigail, #41 among girls' names.
It was in the top 1,000 as early as 1880, dropped out, and has been back every year since 1949.
Its best rank was #4, in 2005.
The most births in one year were 15,932, in 2003.
Births fell 60% from 12,422 in 2015.
For 10 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1944 or later (Abigail's began in 1949).
Abigail's rank every ten years
- 1880#480
- 1890#887
- 1900#974
- 1910—
- 1920—
- 1930—
- 1940#1000
- 1950#803
- 1960#666
- 1970#523
- 1980#176
- 1990#90
- 2000#14
- 2010#7
- 2020#12
- 2025#41
— outside the top 1,000
12 girl names with a similar curve
How this list was made
We compared Abigail's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.