Alex vs Ayaan

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 · Boys

  In 2025, Alex was ranked #37 and Ayaan #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2021, Alex was ranked #79 and Ayaan #433 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Alex was ranked #171 and Ayaan #123 among boys in England and Wales.

• Scotland · Boys

  In 2024, Alex was ranked #135 and Ayaan #352 among boys in Scotland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2024, Alex was ranked #504 and Ayaan #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2021, Alex was ranked #1866 and Ayaan #4634 among girls in England and Wales.

Alex and Ayaan over time

Alex and Ayaan appear together in 3 published lists, across 62 years of shared records. Alex held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Ayaan in 0.

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.

Alex reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Ayaan 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

• England and Wales · Boys24 shared years, 2001–2024

  Alex held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Ayaan in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #42 in 2002, Ayaan #104 in 2014.

  The order changed in 2023: Ayaan moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #139 and #147; by 2023 that had become #152 and #149.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Alex #171, Ayaan #123.

• England and Wales · Girls20 shared years, 1997–2021

  Alex held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Ayaan in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #172 in 2001, Ayaan #1805 in 1999.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2021: Alex #1866, Ayaan #4634.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys18 shared years, 2007–2025

  Alex held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Ayaan in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #8 in 2010, Ayaan #302 in 2024.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alex #37, Ayaan #317.

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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