Ashleigh vs Kim

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 2012, Ashleigh was ranked #451 and Kim #451 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2021, Ashleigh was ranked #764 and Kim #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2009, Ashleigh was ranked #3227 and Kim #2544 among boys in England and Wales.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Ashleigh was ranked #2788 and Kim #3333 among girls in England and Wales.

Ashleigh and Kim over time

Ashleigh and Kim appear together in 3 published lists, across 76 years of shared records. Ashleigh held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Kim in 1.

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.

Kim reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Ashleigh 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 · Girls35 shared years, 1971–2021

  Ashleigh held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Kim in 31.

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #162 in 1995, Kim #64 in 1992.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2021: Ashleigh #764, Kim #661.

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

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

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #58 in 1996, Kim #382 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Ashleigh #2788, Kim #3333.

• England and Wales · Boys11 shared years, 1996–2009

  Ashleigh held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Kim in 4.

  Highest recorded here: Ashleigh #402 in 1996, Kim #1168 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2005: Kim moved ahead. In 2004 they stood at #1962 and #2189; by 2005 that had become #2754 and #2754.

  Most recent shared year, 2009: Ashleigh #3227, Kim #2544.

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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