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Abigail vs Rosamund

Abigail and Rosamundcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

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 2024, Abigail was ranked #154 and Rosamund #2771 among girls in England and Wales.

Abigail and Rosamund over time

Abigail and Rosamund appear together in 1 published list, across 25 years of shared records. Abigail held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Rosamund in 0.

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

Rosamund 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 · Girls25 shared years, 19962024

    Abigail held the stronger position in 25 of those years, Rosamund in 0.

    Highest recorded here: Abigail #19 in 2004, Rosamund #1571 in 1998.

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

    Most recent shared year, 2024: Abigail #154, Rosamund #2771.

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.

Other comparisons involving Abigail

Pairs where Abigail shares a published list with another name, each measured inside one registrar's own list.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Abigail, Rosamund
FieldAbigailRosamund
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables33
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageAU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZGB-ENW
Most recent popularity observationNew South Wales, Australia · Girls #55 (2025)England and Wales · Girls #2771 (2024)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)82/10076/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10040/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Abigail and Rosamund both have 3 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.

How each name got here

Abigail

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1969

    First recorded at #303 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1996–2024

    Highest recorded position: #19 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).

    England and Wales · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #55 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.

    New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Rosamund

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #1755 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1996–2024

    Highest recorded position: #1571 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).

    England and Wales · Girls

  3. Most recent2024

    Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.

    England and Wales · Girls