Aisling vs Alannah

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 2025, Aisling was ranked #180 and Alannah #103 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2022, Aisling was ranked #418 and Alannah #418 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Aisling was ranked #2000 and Alannah #934 among girls in England and Wales.

Aisling and Alannah over time

Aisling and Alannah appear together in 3 published lists, across 97 years of shared records. Aisling held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Alannah 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.

Aisling reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Alannah 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

• Republic of Ireland · Girls42 shared years, 1983–2025

  Aisling held the stronger position in 31 of those years, Alannah in 11.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #8 in 1991, Alannah #49 in 2003.

  The order changed in 2015: Alannah moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #55 and #65; by 2015 that had become #81 and #77.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Aisling #180, Alannah #103.

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Aisling held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Alannah in 27.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #391 in 1998, Alannah #357 in 1997.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Aisling #2000, Alannah #934.

• Northern Ireland · Girls26 shared years, 1997–2022

  Aisling held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Alannah in 11.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #60 in 1998, Alannah #131 in 2008.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Aisling #418, Alannah #418.

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.

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