Abigale

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Abigale: Recorded since 1996, it reached #606 in 2001, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#606highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1072
1997	#874
1998	#995
1999	#1317
2000	#1195
2001	#1439
2002	#1530
2003	#1472
2004	#1383
2005	#1200
2006	#1280
2007	#1443
2008	#1447
2009	#1909
2010	#1731
2011	#2432
2012	#2095
2013	#2887
2014	#3514
2018	#4684

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 20 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 2013: #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2887 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1072 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 recorded2001–2013
Highest recorded position: #606 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #4684 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Abigale appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 296 births with the name.

Abigale 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.

Abigale'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	#1072 (1996)	#874 (1997)	#4684 (2018)	20 of 23	296 (1996–2018)	25 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#606 (2001)	#606 (2001)	#894 (2013)	5 of 13	18 (2001–2013)	5 (2007)

Abigale 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 Abigale in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	78	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	161	10 of 10	16
2010s	57	6 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Abigale 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 2018. Highest recorded position: #606 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Abigale'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
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1200	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#995	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#874	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1072	18	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	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 2018, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #606, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 5 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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Abigel · #3447, 14y
Abiha · #638, 18y

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.

Abisola · #606, 20y
Hind · #606, 21y
Ijeoma · #606, 16y
Shaniece · #606, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abisola · #606, 20y
Alysia · #606, 29y
Hind · #606, 21y
Ijeoma · #606, 16y

Abigale was ranked #606 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2001. 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.

Abigale 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 Abigale without appearing here.

Abigale moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3514 and #1562 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3514 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1439 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #2301.
Kristy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1439 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Abigale

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1628.
Shea Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2887 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2901.
Francis Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2887 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #3178.
Linnea Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3514 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #3178.

Moved the opposite way to Abigale

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigale went from #1072 to #4684 while Ada went from #2683 to #65.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigale went from #1072 to #4684 while Alma went from #2096 to #362.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigale went from #1072 to #4684 while Alyssa went from #783 to #229.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigale went from #1072 to #4684 while Amalie went from #2096 to #826.

Moved the same way as Abigale

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigale went from #1072 to #4684 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigale went from #1072 to #4684 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigale went from #1072 to #4684 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Abigale went from #1072 to #4684 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

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 2018. Highest recorded position: #606 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Abigale

Abigale at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abigale across 2 official records

Abigale by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abigale appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Abigale at a glance

Abigale across 2 official records

Abigale by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Abigale 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 Abigale

Abigale and the names beside it

Abigale moved ahead of

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