Abagail

femaleStatistical record

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

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

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
12years from first to last
#498highest recorded position
1grouping it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2000

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2000	#2746

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 5 of the 11 years from 1997 to 2007.

In 1998: #498 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2701 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2007 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 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 recorded1997–2007
Highest recorded position: #498 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2007).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2007
Most recently recorded at #842 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2007.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abagail appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 5 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 21 births with the name.

Abagail 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.

Abagail'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#576 (1997)	#498 (1998)	#842 (2007)	5 of 11	16 (1997–2007)	4 (2002)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2701 (1998)	#2746 (2000)	5 of 5	21 (1996–2000)	5 (1998)

Abagail appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Names recorded by exactly 2 registrars

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2007. Highest recorded position: #498 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Abagail'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
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2007, ranked in 8 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #498, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year 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.

2decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 2 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#842position in 2007, its most recent recorded year
1 yearyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

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.

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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.

Katlin · #498, 13y
Shanon · #498, 13y
Ayoola · #500, 13y
Blazej · #500, 12y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Katlin · #498, 13y
Kaytlyn · #498, 15y
Maariyah · #498, 29y
Maryann · #498, 30y

Abagail was ranked #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. 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.

What's not yet available

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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 2007. Highest recorded position: #498 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Abagail

Abagail at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abagail across 2 official records

Abagail appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Abagail

Abagail at a glance

Abagail across 2 official records

Abagail appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Abagail