Alex vs Emmett

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 Emmett #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2024, Alex was ranked #108 and Emmett #339 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Scotland · Boys

  In 2024, Alex was ranked #135 and Emmett #727 among boys in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Alex was ranked #171 and Emmett #622 among boys in England and Wales.

Alex and Emmett over time

Alex and Emmett appear together in 3 published lists, across 107 years of shared records. Alex held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Emmett in 0.

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.

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

• Republic of Ireland · Boys53 shared years, 1972–2025

  Alex held the stronger position in 36 of those years, Emmett in 17.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #8 in 2009, Emmett #134 in 1978.

  The order changed in 1990: Alex moved ahead. In 1989 they stood at #199 and #154; by 1990 that had become #170 and #179.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alex #37, Emmett #432.

• Northern Ireland · Boys28 shared years, 1997–2024

  Alex held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Emmett in 1.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #31 in 2009, Emmett #129 in 1997.

  The order changed in 1999: Alex moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #163 and #144; by 1999 that had become #107 and #158.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Alex #108, Emmett #339.

• England and Wales · Boys26 shared years, 1996–2024

  Alex held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Emmett in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #42 in 2002, Emmett #568 in 2020.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Alex #171, Emmett #622.

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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