Abigail

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Abigail: Recorded since 1969, it reached #19 in 2000, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
198times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#19highest recorded position
38groupings it qualifies for
50names it appears alongside

What stands out in Abigail's record

Held a top-100 place for 32 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 2,643 births with the name in 2004, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 25 years. Names by sustained share
Moved 283 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#21
1997	#24
1998	#22
1999	#20
2000	#19
2001	#22
2002	#22
2003	#20
2004	#19
2005	#20
2006	#23
2007	#24
2008	#29
2009	#36
2010	#34
2011	#38
2012	#44
2013	#46
2014	#46
2015	#51
2016	#58
2017	#73
2018	#77
2019	#83
2020	#87
2021	#105
2022	#128
2023	#134
2024	#154

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 Republic of Ireland in 54 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2025: #55 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #115 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #273 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #303 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #19 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #55 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Abigail appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 3,188 births with the name.

Abigail across 6 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.

Abigail'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	#303 (1969)	#36 (2008)	#115 (2025)	54 of 57	3,188 (1969–2025)	200 (2008)
Norway · Girls	#617 (1983)	#246 (2022)	#273 (2025)	30 of 43	268 (1983–2025)	16 (2022)
New Zealand · Girls	#97 (1991)	#30 (2010)	#57 (2023)	32 of 33	2,463 (1991–2023)	113 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#21 (1996)	#19 (2000)	#154 (2024)	29 of 29	45,658 (1996–2024)	2,643 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#72 (1997)	#29 (2005)	#80 (2024)	28 of 28	1,363 (1997–2024)	86 (2008)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#90 (2002)	#24 (2010)	#55 (2025)	24 of 24	3,869 (2002–2025)	220 (2010)

Abigail by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Abigail in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	7	1 of 10	7
1970s	68	8 of 10	9
1980s	57	9 of 10	6
1990s	220	10 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	1,267	10 of 10	127
2010s	1,195	10 of 10	120
2020s	374	6 of 10	62

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 127 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births rose by 38, from 102 to 140.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Abigail 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 7 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #19 in England and Wales in 2004.

Abigail'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	#154	331	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#134	373	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#128	393	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#105	494	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#87	586	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#83	634	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#77	690	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#73	782	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#58	1,023	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#51	1,131	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#46	1,181	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#46	1,191	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#44	1,316	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#38	1,493	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#34	1,632	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#36	1,673	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#29	1,973	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#24	2,013	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#23	2,147	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#20	2,461	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#19	2,643	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#20	2,642	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#22	2,318	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#22	2,158	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#19	2,333	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#20	2,397	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#22	2,485	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#24	2,570	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#21	2,595	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#55	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	132	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#38	164	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	209	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	187	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	194	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#32	210	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#33	198	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	208	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	195	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#27	214	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#24	220	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	188	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#62	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	female	#57	63	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	female	#64	65	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	female	#51	71	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	female	#58	64	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#30	101	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#38	82	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#54	74	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	female	#55	72	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#33	98	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#33	87	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#42	80	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#32	95	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#33	96	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#30	113	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#43	87	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	female	#50	80	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#39	104	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#46	82	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#45	70	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#49	80	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#44	86	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#36	86	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#62	65	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#68	61	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	female	#56	80	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#53	81	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#63	68	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#74	61	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#78	58	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#92	51	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#99	51	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#97	51	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#80	26	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#115	18	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#73	29	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#108	21	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#59	35	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#73	32	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#46	46	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#48	45	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#44	51	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#34	73	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#46	49	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#44	52	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#50	49	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#39	68	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#40	65	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#34	77	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#31	86	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#34	75	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#41	57	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#29	76	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#37	62	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#41	56	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#49	47	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#59	40	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#61	36	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#82	26	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#81	30	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#72	36	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#273	14	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#353	9	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#302	12	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#246	16	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#303	11	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#317	11	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#270	15	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#299	14	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#297	15	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#324	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#348	12	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#389	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#311	15	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#315	15	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#494	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#397	10	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#422	9	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#463	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#556	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#522	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#516	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#531	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#594	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#537	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#606	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#574	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#636	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#649	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#629	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#617	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#115	40	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	64	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	61	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	65	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	59	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#64	85	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#59	95	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#75	83	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#62	98	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#52	114	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	117	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#55	124	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	129	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	138	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#53	139	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#49	158	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#46	165	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#36	200	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#45	162	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#44	146	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#45	146	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#42	140	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	102	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#68	75	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#66	77	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	54	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#93	44	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#107	35	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#150	33	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	36	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	18	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	17	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	16	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#271	12	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	11	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#102	42	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1969 and 2025, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #19, first reached in 2000.

It held a top-100 place in 34 years, 32 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 2,643 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1983, and 55 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.

Abiel · #701, 10y
Abigael · #661, 25y
Abigaile · #842, 13y
Abigale · #606, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 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.

Isabelle · #17, 59y
Zara · #23, 51y
Cassandra · #25, 57y
Joel · #27, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Audrey · #19, 62y
Cara · #19, 60y
Orla · #19, 62y
Clodagh · #20, 62y

Comparisons involving Abigail

Existing comparison pages where Abigail and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Abigail in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Shannon vs Abigail
In 1996 they stood at #11 and #21 in England and Wales · Girls, 10 places apart; by 2024 they were #1743 and #154.
Shannon · Abigail · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Danielle vs Abigail
In 1996 they stood at #20 and #21 in England and Wales · Girls, 1 places apart; by 2024 they were #934 and #154.
Danielle · Abigail · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Jade vs Abigail
In 1996 they stood at #19 and #21 in England and Wales · Girls, 2 places apart; by 2024 they were #638 and #154.
Jade · Abigail · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Abigail within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Eva vs Abigail
Across 21 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Eva and Abigail averaged 6.7 places apart, ending at #80 and #55.
Eva · Abigail · 21 shared years, 2005–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Abigail vs Zara
Across 22 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Abigail and Zara averaged 7.6 places apart, ending at #55 and #47.
Abigail · Zara · 22 shared years, 2004–2025 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2025 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Holly vs Abigail
Across 29 shared years in England and Wales · Girls, Holly and Abigail averaged 8.3 places apart, ending at #137 and #154.
Holly · Abigail · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Abigail and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Abigail vs Olive
In New Zealand · Girls, Olive moved into the top 50 at #23 in 2020 as Abigail fell out of it to #58, having been #30 the year before.
Abigail · Olive · 14 shared years, 2010–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 New Zealand ranking
Matilda vs Abigail
In New Zealand · Girls, Matilda moved into the top 50 at #24 in 2016 as Abigail fell out of it to #55, having been #33 the year before.
Matilda · Abigail · 14 shared years, 2009–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2016 New Zealand ranking
Millie vs Abigail
In New Zealand · Girls, Millie moved into the top 50 at #25 in 2020 as Abigail fell out of it to #58, having been #30 the year before.
Millie · Abigail · 17 shared years, 2007–2023 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2020 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside England and Wales lists

Pairs involving Abigail measured in England and Wales's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Abigail at its highest position.

Georgia vs Abigail
Across 29 shared years in England and Wales · Girls, Georgia and Abigail averaged 9.4 places apart, ending at #156 and #154.
Georgia · Abigail · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Molly vs Abigail
Across 29 shared years in England and Wales · Girls, Molly and Abigail averaged 12.4 places apart, ending at #104 and #154.
Molly · Abigail · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Closest over the longest run
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

England and Wales overview→

Abigail was ranked #19 in England and Wales · 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.

Abigail 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 Abigail without appearing here.

Abigail moved ahead of

Roisin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #62 and #37 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #75 and #474.
Randi Compare
In 2011 they stood at #494 and #486 in Norway · Girls; by 2012 that had become #315 and #598.
Jane Compare
In 2012 they stood at #556 and #528 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #311 and #576.
Diane Compare
In 1995 they stood at #211 and #211 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1996 that had become #142 and #393.

Moved ahead of Abigail

Amalie Compare
In 1987 they stood at #629 and #631 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #649 and #364.
Tiril Compare
In 1983 they stood at #617 and #674 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #629 and #395.
Hedvig Compare
In 1983 they stood at #617 and #639 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #629 and #466.
Iben Compare
In 1994 they stood at #574 and #652 in Norway · Girls; by 1995 that had become #606 and #450.

Moved the opposite way to Abigail

Aisling Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abigail went from #303 to #115 while Aisling went from #94 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abigail went from #303 to #115 while Alison went from #71 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abigail went from #303 to #115 while Amanda went from #58 to #608.
Andrea Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abigail went from #303 to #115 while Andrea went from #175 to #304.

Moved the same way as Abigail

Annie Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abigail went from #303 to #115 and Annie from #206 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abigail went from #303 to #115 and Aoife from #136 to #34.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abigail went from #303 to #115 and Clodagh from #116 to #47.
Hazel Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Abigail went from #303 to #115 and Hazel from #166 to #55.

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 7 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #19 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abigail

Abigail at a glance

What stands out in Abigail's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abigail across 6 official records

Abigail by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Abigail appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Abigail

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside England and Wales lists

Names published alongside Abigail

Abigail and the names beside it

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