Abigale vs Francis

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 2018, Abigale was ranked #4684 and Francis #3178 among girls in England and Wales.

Abigale and Francis over time

Abigale and Francis appear together in 1 published list, across 8 years of shared records. Abigale held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Francis 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.

Francis reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Abigale 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 · Girls8 shared years, 1996–2018

  Abigale held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Francis in 1.

  Highest recorded here: Abigale #874 in 1997, Francis #2683 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2018: Francis moved ahead. In 2017 they stood at #2887 and #4739; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #3178.

  Most recent shared year, 2018: Abigale #4684, Francis #3178.

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