Aoife vs Olive

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 2024, Aoife was ranked #4 and Olive #119 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Aoife was ranked #34 and Olive #247 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Aoife was ranked #192 and Olive #47 among girls in England and Wales.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Aoife was ranked #87 and Olive #106 among girls in Scotland.

Aoife and Olive over time

Aoife and Olive appear together in 3 published lists, across 99 years of shared records. Aoife held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Olive in 0.

The order between them changed and held in 2 of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.

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 · Girls58 shared years, 1964–2025

  Aoife held the stronger position in 49 of those years, Olive in 9.

  Highest recorded here: Aoife #1 in 2000, Olive #34 in 1975.

  The order changed in 1976: Aoife moved ahead. In 1975 they stood at #56 and #34; by 1976 that had become #46 and #88.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Aoife #34, Olive #247.

• England and Wales · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Aoife held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Olive in 10.

  Highest recorded here: Aoife #167 in 2015, Olive #47 in 2025.

  The order changed in 2016: Olive moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #167 and #176; by 2016 that had become #186 and #148.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Aoife #192, Olive #47.

• Northern Ireland · Girls11 shared years, 2013–2024

  Aoife held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Olive in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Aoife #4 in 2024, Olive #119 in 2024.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Aoife #4, Olive #119.

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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