Alfred vs Colton

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.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Alfred was ranked #81 and Colton #678 among boys in England and Wales.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2023, Alfred was ranked #272 and Colton #169 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Scotland · Boys

  In 2024, Alfred was ranked #278 and Colton #209 among boys in Scotland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Alfred was ranked #286 and Colton #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Alfred and Colton over time

Alfred and Colton appear together in 3 published lists, across 49 years of shared records. Alfred held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Colton in 1.

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

Colton reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Alfred 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 · Boys25 shared years, 1996–2024

  Alfred held the stronger position in 25 of those years, Colton in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #76 in 2023, Colton #561 in 2022.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Alfred #81, Colton #678.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys14 shared years, 2012–2025

  Alfred held the stronger position in 12 of those years, Colton in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #271 in 2020, Colton #364 in 2021.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alfred #286, Colton #676.

• Northern Ireland · Boys10 shared years, 2013–2023

  Alfred held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Colton in 10.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #272 in 2023, Colton #142 in 2020.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Alfred #272, Colton #169.

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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