Name meaning & stats
Abigail
Abigail means “my Fathers joy” (Hebrew origin). 412,581 US babies since 1940, peak 2003.
What it means
“my Fathers joy”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2003
412,581 US babies were named Abigail between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Abigail (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 89% of the family
- Abigail 89%
- Abbigail 3%
- Abigayle 1%
- Abagail 1%
- Abigale 1%
- Abbygail 1%
- Abygail 1%
- Abbigale <1%
- Abigael <1%
- Abbigayle <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2003)