Dale vs Edward

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.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2025, Dale was ranked #2952 and Edward #31 among boys in England and Wales.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  In 1991, Dale was ranked #100 and Edward #74 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2022, Dale was ranked #657 and Edward #112 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2016, Dale was ranked #358 and Edward #127 among boys in Northern Ireland.

Dale and Edward over time

Dale and Edward appear together in 4 published lists, across 114 years of shared records. Edward held the stronger position in more years in 4 of them, Dale in 0.

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

Edward reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, Dale 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 · Boys43 shared years, 1968–2022

  Dale held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Edward in 43.

  Highest recorded here: Dale #89 in 1994, Edward #22 in 1968.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Dale #657, Edward #112.

• England and Wales · Boys30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Dale held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Edward in 30.

  Highest recorded here: Dale #117 in 1996, Edward #23 in 2016.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Dale #2952, Edward #31.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys26 shared years, 1957–1991

  Dale held the stronger position in 3 of those years, Edward in 23.

  Highest recorded here: Dale #75 in 1988, Edward #59 in 1957.

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

  Most recent shared year, 1991: Dale #100, Edward #74.

• Northern Ireland · Boys15 shared years, 1997–2016

  Dale held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Edward in 13.

  Highest recorded here: Dale #111 in 1998, Edward #104 in 1997.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2016: Dale #358, Edward #127.

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