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How popular is the name Abigail?
Births per year, rank history and how many Abigails are alive today.
Abigail (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 171st in 2025 with 283 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1994, when around 2,900 babies were given the name, the 23rd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2004, with 2,643 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 66,000 babies have been named Abigail in England and Wales since 1984. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Abigail include Abbie, Abi and Abbi.
The Abigail you are most likely to meet is around 32 years old. Half of all Abigails born in England and Wales are between 19 and 33, and there are at least 68,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 19% chance that at least one of them will be called Abigail.
How many babies are named Abigail each year?
Where does Abigail rank among girls' names?
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 Abigail most popular?
Abigail peaked in 1994, when around 2,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Abigail?
At least 68,000 people named Abigail born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Abigail?
Most living Abigails are between 19 and 33; the most common age is about 32.
Is Abigail becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.