Daithi vs Kealan

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 2021, Daithi was ranked #19 and Kealan #433 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Daithi was ranked #509 and Kealan #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Daithi was ranked #3254 and Kealan #3688 among boys in England and Wales.

Daithi and Kealan over time

Daithi and Kealan appear together in 3 published lists, across 58 years of shared records. Kealan held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Daithi in 1.

The order between them changed and held in 2 of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Kealan reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Daithi 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

• Republic of Ireland · Boys32 shared years, 1976–2025

  Daithi held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Kealan in 16.

  Highest recorded here: Daithi #71 in 2017, Kealan #168 in 1997.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Daithi #509, Kealan #509.

• Northern Ireland · Boys14 shared years, 1999–2021

  Daithi held the stronger position in 10 of those years, Kealan in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Daithi #19 in 2021, Kealan #173 in 2001.

  The order changed in 2008: Daithi moved ahead. In 2007 they stood at #265 and #218; by 2008 that had become #182 and #291.

  Most recent shared year, 2021: Daithi #19, Kealan #433.

• England and Wales · Boys12 shared years, 2009–2024

  Daithi held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Kealan in 8.

  Highest recorded here: Daithi #3011 in 2018, Kealan #1568 in 2009.

  The order changed in 2023: Daithi moved ahead. In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3449; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4107.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Daithi #3254, Kealan #3688.

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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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.

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