Abigail vs Shanice

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.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2011, Abigail was ranked #39 and Shanice #444 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2012, Abigail was ranked #50 and Shanice #510 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Abigail was ranked #171 and Shanice #2788 among girls in England and Wales.

Abigail and Shanice over time

Abigail and Shanice appear together in 3 published lists, across 61 years of shared records. Abigail held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Shanice 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.

Shanice reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 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 · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2025

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

  Highest recorded here: Abigail #19 in 2000, Shanice #211 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Abigail #171, Shanice #2788.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls20 shared years, 1992–2012

  Abigail held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Shanice in 1.

  Highest recorded here: Abigail #36 in 2008, Shanice #252 in 1998.

  The order changed in 1993: Abigail moved ahead. In 1992 they stood at #417 and #262; by 1993 that had become #234 and #275.

  Most recent shared year, 2012: Abigail #50, Shanice #510.

• Northern Ireland · Girls12 shared years, 1997–2011

  Abigail held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Shanice in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Abigail #29 in 2005, Shanice #221 in 1997.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2011: Abigail #39, Shanice #444.

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.

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