Abigael

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Abigael: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Abigael: Recorded since 1996, it reached #661 in 2016, and it stood at #3,705 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#661highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2152
1998	#1480
1999	#2770
2000	#1389
2001	#1170
2002	#1530
2003	#1224
2004	#1209
2005	#1500
2006	#1386
2007	#1502
2008	#3005
2009	#2535
2010	#4012
2011	#2893
2012	#2521
2013	#4050
2016	#4096
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2019	#5591
2024	#4843
2025	#3705

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

In 2016: #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4096 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 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
Highest recorded2007–2022
Highest recorded position: #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2007–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3705 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Abigael appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 228 births with the name.

Abigael across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Abigael's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1170 (2001)	#3705 (2025)	24 of 30	228 (1996–2025)	19 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#661 (2016)	#905 (2022)	6 of 16	22 (2007–2022)	5 (2016)

Abigael by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Abigael in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	30	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	145	10 of 10	15
2010s	43	8 of 10	5
2020s	10	2 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #661 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Abigael's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#3705	6	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1502	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1386	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1209	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Abigael is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Abigael, between 1996 and 2025, in 26 of those 30 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1996–2025	24	#1170 in 2001
Republic of Ireland	2007–2022	6	#661 in 2016

Its high point came 15 years earlier in England and Wales (2001) than in Republic of Ireland (2016).

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #661, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Abida · #687, 29y
Abiel · #701, 11y
Abigail · #19, 54y
Abigaile · #842, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cadence · #661, 22y
Esra · #661, 30y
Trisha · #661, 30y
Afonso · #660, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Annaleigh · #661, 19y
Carleigh · #661, 9y
Cem · #661, 29y
Esra · #661, 30y

Abigael was ranked #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Adalynn#661
Adeline#661
Aela#661
Agata#661
Adaline#750
Adriana#750
Adrija#750
Aislinn#750

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #661 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abigael

Abigael at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abigael across 2 official records

Abigael by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Popularity data

Where Abigael is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Abigael

Abigael at a glance

Abigael across 2 official records

Abigael by decade in England and Wales · Girls

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Abigael