Cain vs Pearce

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 · Boys

  In 2012, Cain was ranked #204 and Pearce #273 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2015, Cain was ranked #459 and Pearce #699 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2016, Cain was ranked #647 and Pearce #4810 among boys in England and Wales.

Cain and Pearce over time

Cain and Pearce appear together in 3 published lists, across 42 years of shared records. Cain held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Pearce 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.

Pearce reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Cain 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 · Boys20 shared years, 1996–2016

  Cain held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Pearce in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Cain #184 in 2001, Pearce #784 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2016: Cain #647, Pearce #4810.

• Northern Ireland · Boys14 shared years, 1998–2012

  Cain held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Pearce in 5.

  Highest recorded here: Cain #149 in 2003, Pearce #190 in 1998.

  The order changed in 2009: Cain moved ahead. In 2008 they stood at #291 and #249; by 2009 that had become #262 and #329.

  Most recent shared year, 2012: Cain #204, Pearce #273.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys8 shared years, 2001–2015

  Cain held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Pearce in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Cain #245 in 2003, Pearce #409 in 2001.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2015: Cain #459, Pearce #699.

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.

Side by side

How each name got here