Boris vs Shannon

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 2019, Boris was ranked #798 and Shannon #4702 among boys in England and Wales.

Boris and Shannon over time

Boris and Shannon appear together in 1 published list, across 15 years of shared records. Boris held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Shannon 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.

Shannon reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Boris 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 · Boys15 shared years, 1996–2019

  Boris held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Shannon in 3.

  Highest recorded here: Boris #798 in 2019, Shannon #1168 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2002: Boris moved ahead. In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1467; by 2002 that had become #1253 and #3225.

  Most recent shared year, 2019: Boris #798, Shannon #4702.

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