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Lycoris vs Abigail

How Lycoris and Abigail compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Lycoris

Female · Greek

Meaning: Twilight

Abigail

Female · Hebrew

Meaning: "Father Rejoices."Some Variants Include Abagail, Abaigeal, Abbey, Abbie, And Abby. Diminutive, Gail, Also Exists.

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Lycoris (boys) vs Abigail (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Lycoris Abigail
Peak year (most US births) — 2003 — 15,932 girls
Peak rank — #6
Most recent rank (—) — #41 (4,941 births)
Total US births since 1880 0 383,135
Last 10 years (—) — 78,822

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name list.

Abigail — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Virginia #12 2,260
2 Idaho #12 498
3 Maryland #14 1,391
4 Alaska #15 204
5 Oregon #15 907

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →