Clodagh vs Holly

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 · Girls

  In 2024, Clodagh was ranked #20 and Holly #105 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Clodagh was ranked #47 and Holly #69 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Clodagh was ranked #431 and Holly #79 among girls in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Clodagh was ranked #1036 and Holly #137 among girls in England and Wales.

Clodagh and Holly over time

Clodagh and Holly appear together in 3 published lists, across 103 years of shared records. Holly held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Clodagh 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.

Clodagh reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Holly in 1. 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 · Girls46 shared years, 1976–2025

  Clodagh held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Holly in 23.

  Highest recorded here: Clodagh #34 in 2009, Holly #11 in 2010.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Clodagh #47, Holly #69.

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Clodagh held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Holly in 29.

  Highest recorded here: Clodagh #897 in 1997, Holly #12 in 2002.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Clodagh #1036, Holly #137.

• Northern Ireland · Girls28 shared years, 1997–2024

  Clodagh held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Holly in 23.

  Highest recorded here: Clodagh #20 in 2024, Holly #22 in 2003.

  The order changed in 2020: Clodagh moved ahead. In 2019 they stood at #55 and #52; by 2020 that had become #47 and #69.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Clodagh #20, Holly #105.

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