Alice vs Pauline

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 · Girls

  In 2018, Alice was ranked #33 and Pauline #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Alice was ranked #52 and Pauline #4201 among girls in England and Wales.

• Norway · Girls

  In 2023, Alice was ranked #153 and Pauline #395 among girls in Norway.

Alice and Pauline over time

Alice and Pauline appear together in 3 published lists, across 119 years of shared records. Alice held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Pauline 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.

Pauline reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Alice 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

• Norway · Girls46 shared years, 1946–2023

  Alice held the stronger position in 44 of those years, Pauline in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Alice #123 in 2015, Pauline #242 in 1997.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Alice #153, Pauline #395.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls45 shared years, 1964–2018

  Alice held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Pauline in 22.

  Highest recorded here: Alice #33 in 2018, Pauline #12 in 1964.

  The order changed in 1987: Alice moved ahead. In 1986 they stood at #158 and #118; by 1987 that had become #116 and #164.

  Most recent shared year, 2018: Alice #33, Pauline #896.

• England and Wales · Girls28 shared years, 1996–2025

  Alice held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Pauline in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Alice #17 in 2016, Pauline #1076 in 1998.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Alice #52, Pauline #4201.

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.

Where to go next

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