Aisling vs Darcey

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 Darcey #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2022, Aisling was ranked #418 and Darcey #201 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Aisling was ranked #2000 and Darcey #305 among girls in England and Wales.

Aisling and Darcey over time

Aisling and Darcey appear together in 3 published lists, across 71 years of shared records. Darcey held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Aisling 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 Darcey 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 3 of those years, Darcey in 26.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #391 in 1998, Darcey #72 in 2014.

  The order changed in 1999: Darcey moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #391 and #418; by 1999 that had become #410 and #311.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Aisling #2000, Darcey #305.

• Northern Ireland · Girls21 shared years, 2000–2022

  Aisling held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Darcey in 12.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #67 in 2002, Darcey #89 in 2014.

  The order changed in 2011: Darcey moved ahead. In 2010 they stood at #116 and #137; by 2011 that had become #224 and #189.

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Aisling #418, Darcey #201.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls21 shared years, 2001–2025

  Aisling held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Darcey in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #23 in 2001, Darcey #233 in 2015.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Aisling #180, Darcey #718.

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.

Side by side

How each name got here