Cathaoir vs Dean

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 2023, Cathaoir was ranked #312 and Dean #348 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Cathaoir and Dean over time

Cathaoir and Dean appear together in 1 published list, across 18 years of shared records. Dean held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Cathaoir 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.

Dean reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Cathaoir 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

• Northern Ireland · Boys18 shared years, 1999–2023

  Cathaoir held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Dean in 13.

  Highest recorded here: Cathaoir #234 in 2022, Dean #64 in 1999.

  The order changed in 2022: Cathaoir moved ahead. In 2021 they stood at #334 and #334; by 2022 that had become #234 and #414.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Cathaoir #312, Dean #348.

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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