Abijah

Popularity Trends

The name Abijah is the #7,343 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 396 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 5.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,259 (7.1% percentile) for all time with 327 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #5,647 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 69 births since 1998.

Abijah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Abijah is available in 33 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 11 years for girls). 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 Abijah has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 54.5% of babies named Abijah were boys.

For boys, Abijah reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #875) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Abijah ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 36.8% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Abijah reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #956) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Abijah ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 62.0% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abijah".

1977 2023 19772023

Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2015

First Recorded

1998

Peak Percentile

0.4%

Current Percentile

0.0%

Peak Rank

#956

Current Rank

#947

Female statistics

Total Births

327

Peak Births

Peak Year

2013

First Recorded

1977

Peak Percentile

1.5%

Current Percentile

0.1%

Peak Rank

#875

Current Rank

#910

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Abijah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Abijah.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Abijah's popularity from 1974 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Abijah at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Abijah range from Kariah at 92.5% correlation to Mikah at 91.4% correlation, with an average correlation level of 91.7%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Madelynn with 17.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Adylene with 358 births (100% girls).

Abijah's share of births peaked at 13.1 births per million in 2013 (4.6 for girls in 2015 and 8.9 for boys in 2013). It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (18% of peak) in 1989. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Abijah had 6.1 births per million, 47% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Kariah

493

92.45% (very strong)

Niah

1,660

92.02% (very strong)

Amadou

1,133

91.93% (very strong)

Abiel

1,429

91.81% (very strong)

Tahlia

3,275

91.80% (very strong)

Taliah

3,284

91.65% (very strong)

Oumou

690

91.53% (very strong)

Ansleigh

1,492

91.52% (very strong)

Adylene

358

91.49% (very strong)

Aminata

2,161

91.48% (very strong)

Madelynn

17.8k

91.43% (very strong)

Mikah

4,788

91.40% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Abijah

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Abijah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 40.0% confident that Abijah is pronounced as uh-BAI-juh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-bih-juh, at 27.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.

40.0%

27.5%

27.5%

5.0%

uh-BAI-juh (3 syllables)

40.0% confidence

AH0 B AY1 JH AH0

A-bih-juh (3 syllables)

27.5% confidence

AE1 B IH0 JH AH0

uh-BEE-juh (3 syllables)

27.5% confidence

AH0 B IY1 JH AH0

A-buh-juh (3 syllables)

5.0% confidence

AE1 B AH0 JH AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AH0 B AY1 JH AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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