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Adina vs Elliemay

Adina and Elliemaycompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

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.

  • Republic of Ireland · Girls

    In 2013, Adina was ranked #894 and Elliemay #894 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2016, Adina was ranked #1172 and Elliemay #4096 among girls in England and Wales.

Adina and Elliemay over time

Adina and Elliemay appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Adina held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Elliemay in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Adina reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Elliemay in none. 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.

How this pair is related

The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.

  • Repeatedly exchanged positions

    Adina and Elliemay changed places 8 times in England and Wales · Girls between 1996 and 2016, ending at #1172 and #4096.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Girls21 shared years, 19962016

    Adina held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Elliemay in 3.

    Highest recorded here: Adina #995 in 1998, Elliemay #1153 in 2006.

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

    Most recent shared year, 2016: Adina #1172, Elliemay #4096.

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.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Adina, Elliemay
FieldAdinaElliemay
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables33
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, IEGB-ENW, IE
Most recent popularity observationEngland and Wales · Girls #1133 (2025)England and Wales · Girls #4096 (2016)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10076/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)60/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Adina and Elliemay both have 3 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.

How each name got here

Adina

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #1005 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1997–2019

    Highest recorded position: #496 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2019).

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #1133 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Girls

Elliemay

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Girls

  2. Most recent2016

    Most recently recorded at #4096 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016.

    England and Wales · Girls