Father rejoiced, or father's joy. Gives joy. The intelligent, beautiful Abigail was Old Testament King David's third wife, described as 'good in discretion and beautiful in form.' In the 1916 play The Scornful Lady, Abigail was a lady's maid.
| Year | Rank | Trend | +/- | Quantity |
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| 2017 | 10 | -2 | 10551 | |
| 2016 | 8 | -1 | 11747 | |
| 2015 | 7 | +1 | 12390 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 12076 | |
| 2013 | 8 | -1 | 12405 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 12697 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 13247 | |
| 2010 | 7 | +1 | 14243 | |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 | 14387 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 | 15081 | |
| 2007 | 8 | -2 | 15468 | |
| 2006 | 6 | -2 | 15627 | |
| 2005 | 4 | +2 | 15749 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 15424 | |
| 2003 | 6 | +1 | 15925 | |
| 2002 | 7 | +1 | 15297 | |
| 2001 | 8 | +6 | 14807 | |
| 2000 | 14 | +4 | 13088 | |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 | 11681 | |
| 1998 | 18 | +8 | 11099 | |
| 1997 | 26 | +6 | 9626 | |
| 1996 | 32 | +4 | 8604 | |
| 1995 | 36 | +6 | 7821 | |
| 1994 | 42 | +25 | 7240 | |
| 1993 | 67 | +19 | 5184 | |
| 1992 | 86 | +6 | 3987 | |
| 1991 | 92 | -2 | 3798 | |
| 1990 | 90 | +4 | 3718 | |
| 1989 | 94 | +24 | 3401 | |
| 1988 | 118 | +20 | 2374 | |
| 1987 | 138 | +5 | 2001 | |
| 1986 | 143 | +10 | 1996 | |
| 1985 | 153 | +1 | 1846 | |
| 1984 | 154 | -3 | 1842 | |
| 1983 | 151 | +6 | 1911 | |
| 1982 | 157 | 0 | 1885 | |
| 1981 | 157 | +19 | 1813 | |
| 1980 | 176 | +37 | 1576 | |
| 1979 | 213 | +29 | 1225 | |
| 1978 | 242 | +55 | 1010 | |
| 1977 | 297 | -19 | 796 | |
| 1976 | 278 | +76 | 829 | |
| 1975 | 354 | +3 | 614 | |
| 1974 | 357 | +56 | 605 | |
| 1973 | 413 | +55 | 479 | |
| 1972 | 468 | +23 | 394 | |
| 1971 | 491 | +35 | 392 | |
| 1970 | 526 | +65 | 362 | |
| 1969 | 591 | +1 | 280 | |
| 1968 | 592 | +13 | 263 | |
| 1967 | 605 | +107 | 245 | |
| 1966 | 712 | -34 | 189 | |
| 1965 | 678 | -23 | 211 | |
| 1964 | 655 | -22 | 244 | |
| 1963 | 633 | -15 | 255 | |
| 1962 | 618 | +61 | 263 | |
| 1961 | 679 | -6 | 233 | |
| 1960 | 673 | +24 | 228 | |
| 1959 | 697 | +14 | 206 | |
| 1958 | 711 | +19 | 193 | |
| 1957 | 730 | -34 | 188 | |
| 1956 | 696 | +2 | 189 | |
| 1955 | 698 | +75 | 181 | |
| 1954 | 773 | -69 | 147 | |
| 1953 | 704 | +19 | 169 | |
| 1952 | 723 | +26 | 151 | |
| 1951 | 749 | +75 | 137 | |
| 1950 | 824 | -1 | 112 | |
| 1949 | 823 | 113 | ||
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| 1903 | 760 | +58 | 20 | |
| 1902 | 818 | +100 | 18 | |
| 1901 | 918 | 13 | ||
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| 1897 | 826 | +17 | 15 | |
| 1896 | 843 | -28 | 15 | |
| 1895 | 815 | +35 | 15 | |
| 1894 | 850 | -220 | 13 | |
| 1893 | 630 | +278 | 21 | |
| 1892 | 908 | -69 | 11 | |
| 1891 | 839 | +101 | 11 | |
| 1890 | 940 | -373 | 9 | |
| 1889 | 567 | +26 | 20 | |
| 1888 | 593 | +40 | 18 | |
| 1887 | 633 | -61 | 13 | |
| 1886 | 572 | +173 | 15 | |
| 1885 | 745 | -162 | 9 | |
| 1884 | 583 | -4 | 13 | |
| 1883 | 579 | -86 | 11 | |
| 1882 | 493 | +130 | 14 | |
| 1881 | 623 | -131 | 8 | |
| 1880 | 492 | 12 |
