Aisling vs Dakota

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 Dakota #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2022, Aisling was ranked #418 and Dakota #305 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Aisling was ranked #2000 and Dakota #400 among girls in England and Wales.

Aisling and Dakota over time

Aisling and Dakota appear together in 3 published lists, across 64 years of shared records. Aisling held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Dakota in 1.

The order between them changed and held in 2 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 3 of those lists, and Dakota 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 · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Aisling held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Dakota in 19.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #391 in 1998, Dakota #400 in 2024.

  The order changed in 2006: Dakota moved ahead. In 2005 they stood at #657 and #736; by 2006 that had become #1004 and #507.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Aisling #2000, Dakota #400.

• Northern Ireland · Girls18 shared years, 2005–2022

  Aisling held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Dakota in 6.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #109 in 2005, Dakota #175 in 2015.

  The order changed in 2022: Dakota moved ahead. In 2021 they stood at #298 and #446; by 2022 that had become #418 and #305.

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Aisling #418, Dakota #305.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls17 shared years, 2005–2025

  Aisling held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Dakota in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #31 in 2005, Dakota #457 in 2019.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Aisling #180, Dakota #885.

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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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.

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