Buster vs Kelly

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 2023, Buster was ranked #3112 and Kelly #3523 among boys in England and Wales.

Buster and Kelly over time

Buster and Kelly appear together in 1 published list, across 21 years of shared records. Buster held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Kelly 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.

Kelly reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Buster 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 · Boys21 shared years, 1997–2023

  Buster held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Kelly in 3.

  Highest recorded here: Buster #781 in 2014, Kelly #1454 in 1997.

  The order changed in 2008: Buster moved ahead. In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #3095; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #2507.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Buster #3112, Kelly #3523.

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