Bernadette vs Jill

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 1959, Bernadette was ranked #99 and Jill #100 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2006, Bernadette was ranked #384 and Jill #332 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2015, Bernadette was ranked #896 and Jill #581 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2012, Bernadette was ranked #1991 and Jill #5876 among girls in England and Wales.

Bernadette and Jill over time

Bernadette and Jill appear together in 2 published lists, across 61 years of shared records. Bernadette held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Jill 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.

Bernadette reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Jill 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 · Girls50 shared years, 1964–2015

  Bernadette held the stronger position in 34 of those years, Jill in 15.

  Highest recorded here: Bernadette #12 in 1969, Jill #171 in 1977.

  The order changed in 1998: Jill moved ahead. In 1997 they stood at #164 and #200; by 1998 that had become #319 and #270.

  Most recent shared year, 2015: Bernadette #896, Jill #581.

• England and Wales · Girls11 shared years, 1996–2012

  Bernadette held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Jill in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Bernadette #620 in 1996, Jill #1914 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2012: Bernadette #1991, Jill #5876.

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