Erin 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.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2024, Erin was ranked #25 and Lois #288 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Erin was ranked #65 and Lois #374 among girls in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Erin was ranked #71 and Lois #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Erin was ranked #72 and Lois #295 among girls in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2019, Erin was ranked #3411 and Lois #3937 among boys in England and Wales.

Erin and Lois over time

Erin and Lois appear together in 3 published lists, across 75 years of shared records. Erin held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Lois in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

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

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

  Highest recorded here: Erin #27 in 2007, Lois #109 in 2008.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Erin #65, Lois #374.

• Northern Ireland · Girls28 shared years, 1997–2024

  Erin held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Lois in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Erin #5 in 2009, Lois #99 in 2005.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Erin #25, Lois #288.

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

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

  Highest recorded here: Erin #34 in 2006, Lois #474 in 2018.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Erin #71, 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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