Dean vs Oisin

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, Dean was ranked #348 and Oisin #7 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Scotland · Boys

  In 2024, Dean was ranked #727 and Oisin #234 among boys in Scotland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Dean was ranked #432 and Oisin #262 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2025, Dean was ranked #782 and Oisin #517 among boys in England and Wales.

Dean and Oisin over time

Dean and Oisin appear together in 3 published lists, across 113 years of shared records. Dean held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Oisin 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.

Dean reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Oisin 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 · Boys59 shared years, 1966–2025

  Dean held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Oisin in 28.

  Highest recorded here: Dean #24 in 1993, Oisin #8 in 2016.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Dean #432, Oisin #262.

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

  Dean held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Oisin in 6.

  Highest recorded here: Dean #80 in 1996, Oisin #433 in 2021.

  The order changed in 2021: Oisin moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #656 and #766; by 2021 that had become #592 and #433.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Dean #782, Oisin #517.

• Northern Ireland · Boys24 shared years, 1997–2023

  Dean held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Oisin in 22.

  Highest recorded here: Dean #45 in 1997, Oisin #7 in 2022.

  The order changed in 1999: Oisin moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #51 and #58; by 1999 that had become #64 and #53.

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Dean #348, Oisin #7.

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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