Ebony vs Sophia

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 · Girls

  In 2019, Ebony was ranked #424 and Sophia #10 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Ebony was ranked #902 and Sophia #13 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2023, Ebony was ranked #856 and Sophia #13 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  In 2006, Ebony was ranked #85 and Sophia #24 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

Ebony and Sophia over time

Ebony and Sophia appear together in 4 published lists, across 76 years of shared records. Sophia held the stronger position in more years in 4 of them, Ebony 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.

Ebony reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 4 of those lists, and Sophia 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 · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Ebony held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Sophia in 29.

  Highest recorded here: Ebony #106 in 2005, Sophia #7 in 2019.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Ebony #902, Sophia #13.

• Northern Ireland · Girls19 shared years, 1997–2019

  Ebony held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Sophia in 16.

  Highest recorded here: Ebony #193 in 2005, Sophia #4 in 2011.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2019: Ebony #424, Sophia #10.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls19 shared years, 1993–2023

  Ebony held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Sophia in 19.

  Highest recorded here: Ebony #352 in 2002, Sophia #13 in 2023.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Ebony #856, Sophia #13.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls9 shared years, 1997–2006

  Ebony held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Sophia in 5.

  Highest recorded here: Ebony #56 in 2002, Sophia #24 in 2006.

  The order changed in 2002: Sophia moved ahead. In 2001 they stood at #64 and #69; by 2002 that had become #56 and #55.

  Most recent shared year, 2006: Ebony #85, Sophia #24.

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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How each name got here