Eleanor vs Lois

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 · Girls

  In 2024, Eleanor was ranked #67 and Lois #374 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Eleanor was ranked #106 and Lois #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Eleanor was ranked #113 and Lois #295 among girls in Scotland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2024, Eleanor was ranked #150 and Lois #288 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Eleanor and Lois over time

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

Lois reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Eleanor 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

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Eleanor held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Lois in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Eleanor #18 in 1999, Lois #109 in 2008.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Eleanor #67, Lois #374.

• Northern Ireland · Girls28 shared years, 1997–2024

  Eleanor held the stronger position in 11 of those years, Lois in 16.

  Highest recorded here: Eleanor #139 in 2021, Lois #99 in 2005.

  The order changed in 2020: Eleanor moved ahead. In 2019 they stood at #213 and #213; by 2020 that had become #192 and #246.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Eleanor #150, Lois #288.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls18 shared years, 1994–2025

  Eleanor held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Lois in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Eleanor #106 in 2025, Lois #474 in 2018.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Eleanor #106, Lois #718.

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