Abbigail

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Abbigail: Recorded since 1996, it reached #413 in 2000, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#413highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#533
1997	#527
1998	#649
1999	#794
2000	#637
2001	#642
2002	#735
2003	#781
2004	#804
2005	#851
2006	#1243
2007	#1073
2008	#1093
2009	#1596
2010	#1294
2011	#1903
2012	#1583
2013	#1864
2014	#1882
2015	#4103
2016	#3214
2017	#2925
2018	#3518
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2022	#4645
2024	#5891

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2013: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1864 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #533 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 recorded1999–2013
Highest recorded position: #413 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1999–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Abbigail appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 597 births with the name.

Abbigail 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.

Abbigail'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	#533 (1996)	#527 (1997)	#5891 (2024)	27 of 29	597 (1996–2024)	50 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#528 (1999)	#413 (2000)	#747 (2013)	11 of 15	53 (1999–2013)	9 (2011)

Abbigail 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 Abbigail in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	163	4 of 10	41
2000sbusiest	308	10 of 10	31
2010s	116	10 of 10	12
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Abbigail appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #413 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Abbigail'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1093	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1073	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1243	21	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#851	33	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#804	34	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#781	34	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#735	35	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#642	40	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#637	40	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#794	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#649	38	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#527	50	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#533	47	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#549	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	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 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #413, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 50 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 3 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.

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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.

Minahil · #413, 25y
Rosey · #413, 29y
Tasha · #413, 25y
Oreoluwa · #414, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chelsy · #413, 19y
Karys · #413, 21y
Kaycee · #413, 28y
Minahil · #413, 25y

Abbigail was ranked #413 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2000. 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.

Abbigail and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Abbigail without appearing here.

Abbigail moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2010 they stood at #910 and #758 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #465 and #937.
Judith Compare
In 2010 they stood at #910 and #910 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #465 and #798.
Therese Compare
In 2010 they stood at #910 and #910 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #465 and #798.
Jordan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #490 and #294 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #549 and #842.

Moved ahead of Abbigail

Carmel Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Janet Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #3985 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #5591 and #2643.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #1240.
Wendy Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1882 and #2314 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #1279.

Moved the opposite way to Abbigail

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbigail went from #533 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbigail went from #533 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbigail went from #533 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbigail went from #533 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Abbigail

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbigail went from #533 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbigail went from #533 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbigail went from #533 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abbigail went from #533 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2024. Highest recorded position: #413 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abbigail

Abbigail at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abbigail across 2 official records

Abbigail by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abbigail appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Abbigail at a glance

Abbigail across 2 official records

Abbigail by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abbigail 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 Abbigail

Abbigail and the names beside it

Abbigail moved ahead of

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