Ellie vs Nancy

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.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Ellie was ranked #15 and Nancy #99 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2024, Ellie was ranked #18 and Nancy #127 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Ellie was ranked #35 and Nancy #260 among girls in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Ellie was ranked #88 and Nancy #81 among girls in England and Wales.

• Norway · Girls

  In 2011, Ellie was ranked #256 and Nancy #482 among girls in Norway.

Ellie and Nancy over time

Ellie and Nancy appear together in 3 published lists, across 79 years of shared records. Ellie held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Nancy in 0.

The order between them changed and held in 2 of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Ellie reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Nancy 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

• Republic of Ireland · Girls32 shared years, 1991–2025

  Ellie held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Nancy in 1.

  Highest recorded here: Ellie #6 in 2023, Nancy #99 in 2025.

  The order changed in 1996: Ellie moved ahead. In 1995 they stood at #384 and #384; by 1996 that had become #273 and #534.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Ellie #15, Nancy #99.

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

  Ellie held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Nancy in 5.

  Highest recorded here: Ellie #2 in 2003, Nancy #64 in 2018.

  The order changed in 2020: Nancy moved ahead. In 2019 they stood at #63 and #64; by 2020 that had become #67 and #66.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Ellie #88, Nancy #81.

• Northern Ireland · Girls18 shared years, 2004–2024

  Ellie held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Nancy in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Ellie #3 in 2005, Nancy #95 in 2020.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Ellie #18, Nancy #127.

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