Ellie vs Katelyn

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, Ellie was ranked #11 and Katelyn #243 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Ellie was ranked #15 and Katelyn #273 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Ellie was ranked #88 and Katelyn #2411 among girls in England and Wales.

Ellie and Katelyn over time

Ellie and Katelyn appear together in 3 published lists, across 85 years of shared records. Ellie held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Katelyn 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.

Katelyn reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Ellie 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 · Girls33 shared years, 1991–2025

  Ellie held the stronger position in 22 of those years, Katelyn in 11.

  Highest recorded here: Ellie #6 in 2023, Katelyn #35 in 2003.

  The order changed in 2005: Ellie moved ahead. In 2004 they stood at #38 and #37; by 2005 that had become #32 and #41.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Ellie #15, Katelyn #273.

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

  Ellie held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Katelyn in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Ellie #2 in 2003, Katelyn #185 in 2004.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Ellie #88, Katelyn #2411.

• Northern Ireland · Girls23 shared years, 1997–2019

  Ellie held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Katelyn in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Ellie #3 in 2005, Katelyn #60 in 2003.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2019: Ellie #11, Katelyn #243.

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