Abijah
Abijah is a Biblical Hebrew unisex name which means "my Father is Yah". The Hebrew form Aviyahu also occurs in the Bible.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Abijah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Abijah is a Biblical Hebrew unisex name which means "my Father is Yah". The Hebrew form Aviyahu also occurs in the Bible.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Abijah
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Abijah as a girl name dates back to 1998, when 5 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Abijah — #10,862 in the national rankings. About 61% of every Abijah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Abijah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 69 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Abijah on the record books as a boy name in 1977, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2013, when 18 Abijahs were born — ranking #4,979 that year. About 33% of every Abijah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Abijah ranks #6,511 for boys with 12 births, holding steady (+4%). All told, over 363 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Abijah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Abijah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Abijah
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About the name Abijah
Abijah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 363 births in the dataset. Abijah's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #4,979. Use the chart and map above to compare Abijah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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