Abigail or Ella

Abigail is the more popular girl name in Canada, #25 to #26 in 2024. Ella ranks #46 among girl names in England and Wales for 2025, while Abigail does not make that list. Ella is the more popular girl name in the USA, #30 to #32 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

Abigail on its own page Ella on its own page

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Abigail against Ella, in that place's most recent complete year.AbigailElla#1#50#100#250Canada#25 → #26 ↓1USA#32 → #30 ↑2Alberta#14 → #19 ↓5British Columbia#29 → #23 ↑6Ontario#18 → #23 ↓5Quebec#123 → #93 ↑30

Places that rank only one of the two names, or rank either outside the top 1,000, are listed below but not plotted.

PlaceYear Abigail Ella Ahead
Canada2024#25#26Abigail
England and Wales2025unranked#46Ella
USA2024#32#30Ella
Alberta2024#14#19Abigail
British Columbia2024#29#23Ella
Ontario2024#18#23Abigail
Quebec2024#123#93Ella

Abigail and Ella in Canada, 2020–2024

Abigail slipped from #20 in 2020 to #25 in 2024 in Canada. Ella slipped from #19 in 2020 to #26 in 2024 in Canada. Abigail passed Ella in 2022.

Abigail and Ella ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#25 Abigail#26 Ella20202021202220232024

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Abigail and Ella in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Abigail reached #87 in 2020 in England and Wales. Ella slipped from #16 in 2020 to #46 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Abigail and Ella ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#46 Ella#87 Abigail202020212022202320242025

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Abigail and Ella in the USA, 2020–2024

Abigail slipped from #12 in 2020 to #32 in 2024 in the USA. Ella slipped from #15 in 2020 to #30 in 2024 in the USA. Ella passed Abigail in 2021. Abigail passed Ella in 2022. Ella passed Abigail in 2024.

Abigail and Ella ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#30 Ella#32 Abigail20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Abigail
Abigail or AmeliaAbigail or AriaAbigail or AuroraAbigail or AvaAbigail or CharlotteAbigail or ChloeAbigail or EleanorAbigail or EllieAbigail or EmmaAbigail or EvelynAbigail or HannahAbigail or HarperAbigail or HazelAbigail or IsabellaAbigail or IslaAbigail or LilyAbigail or MayaAbigail or MiaAbigail or NoraAbigail or OliviaAbigail or SofiaAbigail or SophiaAbigail or SophieAbigail or Violet
More head-to-heads with Ella
Amelia or EllaAurora or EllaAva or EllaCharlotte or EllaElla or EllieElla or EmmaElla or EvelynElla or HarperElla or HazelElla or IsabellaElla or IslaElla or LilyElla or MiaElla or NoraElla or OliviaElla or SophiaElla or SophieElla or Violet

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.