Alanna vs Catherine

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 2024, Alanna was ranked #253 and Catherine #227 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Alanna was ranked #476 and Catherine #260 among girls in Scotland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Alanna was ranked #294 and Catherine #273 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Alanna was ranked #816 and Catherine #590 among girls in England and Wales.

Alanna and Catherine over time

Alanna and Catherine appear together in 3 published lists, across 105 years of shared records. Catherine held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Alanna in 0.

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

Catherine reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Alanna 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 · Girls48 shared years, 1973–2025

  Alanna held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Catherine in 32.

  Highest recorded here: Alanna #66 in 2003, Catherine #2 in 1973.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alanna #294, Catherine #273.

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

  Alanna held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Catherine in 30.

  Highest recorded here: Alanna #435 in 2005, Catherine #68 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alanna #816, Catherine #590.

• Northern Ireland · Girls27 shared years, 1997–2024

  Alanna held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Catherine in 26.

  Highest recorded here: Alanna #91 in 2007, Catherine #22 in 1997.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Alanna #253, Catherine #227.

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.

Where to go next

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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