Abiel vs Abigal

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Abiel Abigal

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 55 years in which either name was published, Abiel for 37 years and Abigal for 18 years. The lead changed hands 19 times.

• 1971–1983 Abiel ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1994–2005 Abigal ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 2006–2025 Abiel ahead

14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Abigals alive today are over 22; half the Abiels are over 12. That is 10 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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