Alex vs Maisie

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 2023, Alex was ranked #391 and Maisie #20 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Alex was ranked #2605 and Maisie #43 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Alex was ranked #304 and Maisie #49 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Alex and Maisie over time

Alex and Maisie appear together in 3 published lists, across 74 years of shared records. Maisie held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Alex 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.

Alex reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Maisie 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 · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Alex held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Maisie in 30.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #161 in 1996, Maisie #14 in 2010.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alex #2605, Maisie #43.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls25 shared years, 2000–2025

  Alex held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Maisie in 16.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #82 in 2006, Maisie #49 in 2024.

  The order changed in 2010: Maisie moved ahead. In 2009 they stood at #130 and #172; by 2010 that had become #164 and #123.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alex #304, Maisie #49.

• Northern Ireland · Girls19 shared years, 2002–2023

  Alex held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Maisie in 13.

  Highest recorded here: Alex #56 in 2002, Maisie #20 in 2023.

  The order changed in 2010: Maisie moved ahead. In 2009 they stood at #94 and #104; by 2010 that had become #90 and #41.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Alex #391, Maisie #20.

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