girls:
1.9k births since 1980
#3902 (32nd percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2004
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1980
#5859 (24th percentile)
The name Abigael is the #5,859 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,903 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 24.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,902 (31.7% percentile) for all time with 1,898 births since 1980. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2004.
Abigael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for girls and 2004 for boys). Birth data for Abigael is available in 42 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (42 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Abigael has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Abigael reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #880) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 41 births per million (ranked 8.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Abigael ranks #909 for girls (4.0% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 59.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Abigael reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #847) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abigael".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Abigael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Abigael is pronounced as A-bih-GAYL, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-bih-gayl, at 31.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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