Alfred vs Rayan

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.

• Norway · Boys

  In 2025, Alfred was ranked #26 and Rayan #158 among boys in Norway.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2025, Alfred was ranked #76 and Rayan #178 among boys in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Alfred was ranked #286 and Rayan #272 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• Scotland · Boys

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

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2022, Alfred was ranked #414 and Rayan #352 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Alfred and Rayan over time

Alfred and Rayan appear together in 3 published lists, across 74 years of shared records. Alfred held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Rayan 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.

Rayan reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Alfred 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 · Boys30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Alfred held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Rayan in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #76 in 2023, Rayan #175 in 2016.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alfred #76, Rayan #178.

• Norway · Boys23 shared years, 2002–2025

  Alfred held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Rayan in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #18 in 2023, Rayan #145 in 2023.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alfred #26, Rayan #158.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys21 shared years, 2005–2025

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

  Highest recorded here: Alfred #271 in 2020, Rayan #263 in 2017.

  The order changed in 2021: Rayan moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #271 and #342; by 2021 that had become #336 and #336.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alfred #286, Rayan #272.

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