Abigail
331
Babies in 2024
-72%
10-year change
2004
Peak · 2.64k
-11%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Abigail
Abigail peaked among UK girls' names in the early 2000s (2,643 babies in 2004) and has remained in active use — 331 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Abigail reached its peak in 2004, when 2,643 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #19 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 331 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 45,658 girls have been officially registered with the name Abigail in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 7,618 girls were registered with the name, starting from 1,181 in 2014 and ending at 331 in 2024.