Abigail vs Amal

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Abigail was ranked #102 and Amal #215 among girls in Scotland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2021, Abigail was ranked #108 and Amal #446 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Abigail was ranked #115 and Amal #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Abigail was ranked #154 and Amal #208 among girls in England and Wales.

• Norway · Girls

  In 2025, Abigail was ranked #273 and Amal #367 among girls in Norway.

Abigail and Amal over time

Abigail and Amal appear together in 2 published lists, across 59 years of shared records. Abigail held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Amal in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• Norway · Girls30 shared years, 1983–2025

  Abigail held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Amal in 14.

  Highest recorded here: Abigail #246 in 2022, Amal #260 in 1992.

  The order changed in 2012: Abigail moved ahead. In 2011 they stood at #494 and #457; by 2012 that had become #315 and #562.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Abigail #273, Amal #367.

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Abigail held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Amal in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Abigail #19 in 2000, Amal #208 in 2024.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Abigail #154, Amal #208.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here