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 #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#661highest recorded position
10groupings 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	#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

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 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

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, 1996–2024 · 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 recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
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 23 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 222 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)	#4843 (2024)	23 of 29	222 (1996–2024)	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	4	1 of 10	4

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 →

Abigael 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: #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
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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 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, 28y
Abiel · #701, 10y
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, 21y
Esra · #661, 29y
Trisha · #661, 29y
Afonso · #660, 21y

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, 28y
Esra · #661, 29y

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.

Abigael 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 Abigael without appearing here.

Abigael moved ahead of

Rian Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4012 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2521 and #4838.
Debra Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2770 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3247.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5591 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Abigael

Ezra Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #1689.
Maren Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3518.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2706.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4096 and #2120.

Moved the opposite way to Abigael

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigael went from #2350 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigael went from #2350 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigael went from #2350 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigael went from #2350 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Abigael

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigael went from #2350 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigael went from #2350 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigael went from #2350 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigael went from #2350 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 2024. 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

Abigael appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Abigael at a glance

Abigael across 2 official records

Abigael by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Abigael and the names beside it

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