Aisling vs Holly

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 Holly #69 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2022, Aisling was ranked #418 and Holly #93 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Aisling was ranked #1892 and Holly #169 among girls in England and Wales.

Aisling and Holly over time

Aisling and Holly appear together in 3 published lists, across 102 years of shared records. Holly held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Aisling 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 3 of those lists, and Holly 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

• Republic of Ireland · Girls46 shared years, 1976–2025

  Aisling held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Holly in 22.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #8 in 1991, Holly #11 in 2010.

  The order changed in 2007: Holly moved ahead. In 2006 they stood at #28 and #33; by 2007 that had become #36 and #32.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Aisling #180, Holly #69.

• England and Wales · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Aisling held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Holly in 30.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #391 in 1998, Holly #12 in 2002.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Aisling #1892, Holly #169.

• Northern Ireland · Girls26 shared years, 1997–2022

  Aisling held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Holly in 26.

  Highest recorded here: Aisling #60 in 1998, Holly #22 in 2003.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Aisling #418, Holly #93.

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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