Abigail vs Carey

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.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2023, Abigail was ranked #134 and Carey #5687 among girls in England and Wales.

Abigail and Carey over time

Abigail and Carey appear together in 1 published list, across 14 years of shared records. Abigail held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Carey in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Carey reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Abigail in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

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

• England and Wales · Girls14 shared years, 1996–2023

  Abigail held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Carey in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Abigail #19 in 2004, Carey #1434 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Abigail #134, Carey #5687.

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.

Where to go next

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