Abbi vs Ashleigh

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2012, Abbi was ranked #451 and Ashleigh #451 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2011, Abbi was ranked #550 and Ashleigh #937 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2019, Abbi was ranked #5591 and Ashleigh #796 among girls in England and Wales.

Abbi and Ashleigh over time

Abbi and Ashleigh appear together in 3 published lists, across 46 years of shared records. Ashleigh held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Abbi in 1.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Ashleigh reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Abbi in 1. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• England and Wales · Girls22 shared years, 1996–2019

  Abbi held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Ashleigh in 22.

  Highest recorded here: Abbi #330 in 2000, Ashleigh #58 in 1996.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2019: Abbi #5591, Ashleigh #796.

• Northern Ireland · Girls13 shared years, 1997–2012

  Abbi held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Ashleigh in 6.

  Highest recorded here: Abbi #170 in 2006, Ashleigh #87 in 1997.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2012: Abbi #451, Ashleigh #451.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls11 shared years, 1999–2011

  Abbi held the stronger position in 7 of those years, Ashleigh in 4.

  Highest recorded here: Abbi #242 in 2004, Ashleigh #286 in 2006.

  The order changed in 2010: Abbi moved ahead. In 2009 they stood at #439 and #331; by 2010 that had become #593 and #758.

  Most recent shared year, 2011: Abbi #550, Ashleigh #937.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Where to go next

Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

Side by side

How each name got here