Aoife vs Collette

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 1996, Aoife was ranked #5 and Collette #471 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 1997, Aoife was ranked #17 and Collette #358 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Aoife was ranked #192 and Collette #5927 among girls in England and Wales.

Aoife and Collette over time

Aoife and Collette appear together in 2 published lists, across 51 years of shared records. Aoife held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Collette 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.

Collette reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Aoife 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

• Republic of Ireland · Girls30 shared years, 1964–1996

  Aoife held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Collette in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Aoife #4 in 1991, Collette #179 in 1967.

  The order changed in 1968: Aoife moved ahead. In 1967 they stood at #189 and #179; by 1968 that had become #181 and #243.

  Most recent shared year, 1996: Aoife #5, Collette #471.

• England and Wales · Girls21 shared years, 1996–2025

  Aoife held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Collette in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Aoife #172 in 2020, Collette #717 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Aoife #192, Collette #5927.

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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