Ashleigh vs Joao

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.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2009, Ashleigh was ranked #3227 and Joao #848 among boys in England and Wales.

Ashleigh and Joao over time

Ashleigh and Joao appear together in 1 published list, across 12 years of shared records. Joao held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Ashleigh 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.

Ashleigh reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Joao 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 · Boys12 shared years, 1996–2009

  Ashleigh held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Joao in 7.

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #402 in 1996, Joao #711 in 2007.

  The order changed in 2000: Joao moved ahead. In 1999 they stood at #621 and #1130; by 2000 that had become #881 and #881.

  Most recent shared year, 2009: Ashleigh #3227, Joao #848.

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