Alexandra vs Cailin

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 2018, Alexandra was ranked #101 and Cailin #434 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2017, Alexandra was ranked #111 and Cailin #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2020, Alexandra was ranked #136 and Cailin #5493 among girls in England and Wales.

Alexandra and Cailin over time

Alexandra and Cailin appear together in 3 published lists, across 50 years of shared records. Alexandra held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Cailin in 0.

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

Alexandra reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Cailin 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 · Girls21 shared years, 1977–2017

  Alexandra held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Cailin in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alexandra #78 in 2009, Cailin #356 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2017: Alexandra #111, Cailin #734.

• England and Wales · Girls20 shared years, 1996–2020

  Alexandra held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Cailin in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alexandra #38 in 1996, Cailin #1372 in 2002.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2020: Alexandra #136, Cailin #5493.

• Northern Ireland · Girls9 shared years, 1997–2018

  Alexandra held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Cailin in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alexandra #45 in 1997, Cailin #213 in 1998.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2018: Alexandra #101, Cailin #434.

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