Eileen vs Rebekah

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 2015, Eileen was ranked #426 and Rebekah #155 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2018, Eileen was ranked #336 and Rebekah #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Eileen was ranked #816 and Rebekah #1639 among girls in England and Wales.

Eileen and Rebekah over time

Eileen and Rebekah appear together in 3 published lists, across 75 years of shared records. Rebekah held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Eileen in 1.

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.

Eileen reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Rebekah 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 · Girls34 shared years, 1976–2018

  Eileen held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Rebekah in 8.

  Highest recorded here: Eileen #52 in 1976, Rebekah #162 in 2001.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2018: Eileen #336, Rebekah #896.

• England and Wales · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Eileen held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Rebekah in 24.

  Highest recorded here: Eileen #816 in 2025, Rebekah #109 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2021: Eileen moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #1238 and #1164; by 2021 that had become #1069 and #1785.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Eileen #816, Rebekah #1639.

• Northern Ireland · Girls11 shared years, 1997–2015

  Eileen held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Rebekah in 11.

  Highest recorded here: Eileen #314 in 1997, Rebekah #37 in 1999.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2015: Eileen #426, Rebekah #155.

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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