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Aime vs Anna-May

Aime and Anna-Maycompared 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.

  • Northern Ireland · Girls

    In 2011, Aime was ranked #444 and Anna-May #363 among girls in Northern Ireland.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2009, Aime was ranked #3422 and Anna-May #4564 among girls in England and Wales.

Aime and Anna-May over time

Aime and Anna-May appear together in 1 published list, across 9 years of shared records. Aime held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Anna-May in 0.

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

Aime reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Anna-May 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.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Girls9 shared years, 19962009

    Aime held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Anna-May in 1.

    Highest recorded here: Aime #1995 in 2000, Anna-May #2868 in 2002.

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

    Most recent shared year, 2009: Aime #3422, Anna-May #4564.

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 Aime, Anna-May
FieldAimeAnna-May
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
Syllables23
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, GB-NIR, IEGB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE
Most recent popularity observationEngland and Wales · Boys #4810 (2016)England and Wales · Girls #5493 (2020)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10076/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Aime has 2 syllables, compared with 3 for Anna-May.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE.

How each name got here

Aime

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #2096 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 recorded2008–2011

    Highest recorded position: #370 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2011).

    Northern Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2011

    Most recently recorded at #444 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2011.

    Northern Ireland · Girls

Anna-May

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #3795 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 recent2020

    Most recently recorded at #5493 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.

    England and Wales · Girls