Faye vs Maeve

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.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Faye was ranked #196 and Maeve #25 among girls in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Faye was ranked #333 and Maeve #26 among girls in England and Wales.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2024, Faye was ranked #67 and Maeve #57 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Faye was ranked #80 and Maeve #60 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Faye and Maeve over time

Faye and Maeve appear together in 3 published lists, across 107 years of shared records. Faye held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Maeve 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.

Faye reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Maeve 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 · Girls49 shared years, 1975–2025

  Faye held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Maeve in 31.

  Highest recorded here: Faye #43 in 2012, Maeve #59 in 2000.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Faye #80, Maeve #60.

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

  Faye held the stronger position in 23 of those years, Maeve in 7.

  Highest recorded here: Faye #105 in 2002, Maeve #26 in 2024.

  The order changed in 2019: Maeve moved ahead. In 2018 they stood at #266 and #507; by 2019 that had become #319 and #218.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Faye #333, Maeve #26.

• Northern Ireland · Girls28 shared years, 1997–2024

  Faye held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Maeve in 12.

  Highest recorded here: Faye #48 in 2013, Maeve #57 in 2024.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Faye #67, Maeve #57.

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.

Side by side

How each name got here