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Avigail

Girl

Meaning of Avigail: Hebrew: 'father's joy'

Avigail is a girl's name most strongly associated with Hebrew naming. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2058th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 4843rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2058

88 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#4843

4 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

2,217

First recorded 1968 · peak 2016

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 6 babies1982: 5 babies1983: 8 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 12 babies1987: 7 babies1988: 7 babies1989: 11 babies1990: 10 babies19901991: 22 babies1992: 13 babies1993: 25 babies1994: 30 babies1995: 21 babies1996: 33 babies1997: 20 babies1998: 36 babies1999: 32 babies2000: 48 babies20002001: 45 babies2002: 45 babies2003: 47 babies2004: 50 babies2005: 56 babies2006: 69 babies2007: 79 babies2008: 57 babies2009: 85 babies2010: 66 babies20102011: 64 babies2012: 55 babies2013: 91 babies2014: 85 babies2015: 100 babies2016: 116 babies2017: 108 babies2018: 83 babies2019: 73 babies2020: 94 babies20202021: 81 babies2022: 69 babies2023: 71 babies2024: 72 babies2025: 88 babies
US babies named Avigail per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 116.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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