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Coleman vs Phelim

Coleman and Phelimcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

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.

  • Republic of Ireland · Boys

    In 2012, Coleman was ranked #718 and Phelim #548 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Coleman and Phelim over time

Coleman and Phelim appear together in 1 published list, across 19 years of shared records. Phelim held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Coleman in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

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.

How this pair is related

The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.

  • Repeatedly exchanged positions

    Coleman and Phelim changed places 8 times in Republic of Ireland · Boys between 1964 and 2012, ending at #718 and #548.

  • Peaked in the same years

    Both reached their highest recorded position in Republic of Ireland · Boys within 2 years — Coleman #164 in 1964, Phelim #164 in 1964.

List by list

  • Republic of Ireland · Boys19 shared years, 19642012

    Coleman held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Phelim in 10.

    Highest recorded here: Coleman #164 in 1964, Phelim #164 in 1964.

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

    Most recent shared year, 2012: Coleman #718, Phelim #548.

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

Side-by-side comparison of Coleman, Phelim
FieldColemanPhelim
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables32
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageIEGB-ENW, GB-NIR, IE
Most recent popularity observationRepublic of Ireland · Boys #609 (2014)Northern Ireland · Boys #415 (2017)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)82/10088/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)40/100100/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Coleman has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Phelim.
  • Both names have recorded usage in IE.

How each name got here

Coleman

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1964

    First recorded at #164 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1964–2014

    Highest recorded position: #164 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2014).

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

  3. Most recent2014

    Most recently recorded at #609 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2014.

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

Phelim

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1964

    First recorded at #164 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1964–2015

    Highest recorded position: #164 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2015).

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

  3. Most recent2017

    Most recently recorded at #415 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2017.

    Northern Ireland · Boys