Ashleigh vs Emily

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.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  In 2005, Ashleigh was ranked #87 and Emily #1 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2016, Ashleigh was ranked #440 and Emily #1 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2021, Ashleigh was ranked #764 and Emily #3 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• New Zealand · Girls

  In 2005, Ashleigh was ranked #72 and Emily #9 among girls in New Zealand.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Ashleigh was ranked #2788 and Emily #44 among girls in England and Wales.

Ashleigh and Emily over time

Ashleigh and Emily appear together in 5 published lists, across 124 years of shared records. Emily held the stronger position in more years in 5 of them, Ashleigh in 0.

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

Ashleigh reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 5 of those lists, and Emily 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 · Girls37 shared years, 1971–2021

  Ashleigh held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Emily in 37.

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #162 in 1995, Emily #1 in 2011.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2021: Ashleigh #764, Emily #3.

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

  Ashleigh held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Emily in 30.

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #58 in 1996, Emily #1 in 2003.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Ashleigh #2788, Emily #44.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls21 shared years, 1985–2005

  Ashleigh held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Emily in 19.

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #13 in 1993, Emily #1 in 1998.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2005: Ashleigh #87, Emily #1.

• New Zealand · Girls20 shared years, 1986–2005

  Ashleigh held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Emily in 12.

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #8 in 1992, Emily #4 in 2003.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2005: Ashleigh #72, Emily #9.

• Northern Ireland · Girls16 shared years, 1997–2016

  Ashleigh held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Emily in 16.

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #87 in 1997, Emily #1 in 2016.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2016: Ashleigh #440, Emily #1.

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