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How popular is the name Abbigail?
Births per year, rank history and how many Abbigails are alive today.
Abbigail (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5892nd in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1997, when 50 babies were given the name, the 527th most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2024 figure is roughly 6% of its peak. Abbigail is one spelling of a name also recorded as Abigale; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Abbigail you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Abbigails born in England and Wales are between 20 and 32, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Abbigail - on average, only one in every 243 such rooms contains a Abbigail.
How many babies are named Abbigail each year?
Includes all spellings: Abbigail, Abigale. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Abbigail spelling rank?
Where does the Abigale spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Abbigail most popular?
Abbigail peaked in 1997, when 75 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Abbigail?
At least 1,300 people named Abbigail in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Abbigail?
Most living Abbigails are between 20 and 32; the most common age is about 30.
Is Abbigail becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.