Donal vs Shannon

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 2007, Donal was ranked #3095 and Shannon #3589 among boys in England and Wales.

Donal and Shannon over time

Donal and Shannon appear together in 1 published list, across 9 years of shared records. Shannon held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Donal 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.

Shannon reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Donal 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

• England and Wales · Boys9 shared years, 1996–2007

  Donal held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Shannon in 5.

  Highest recorded here: Donal #1746 in 2001, Shannon #1168 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2002: Donal moved ahead. In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1467; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #3225.

  Most recent shared year, 2007: Donal #3095, Shannon #3589.

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