Fergus vs Steven

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 · Boys

  In 2024, Fergus was ranked #104 and Steven #307 among boys in Scotland.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2021, Fergus was ranked #326 and Steven #295 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Fergus was ranked #434 and Steven #800 among boys in England and Wales.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Fergus was ranked #829 and Steven #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Fergus and Steven over time

Fergus and Steven appear together in 3 published lists, across 101 years of shared records. Steven held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Fergus 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.

Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.

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 · Boys55 shared years, 1964–2025

  Fergus held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Steven in 39.

  Highest recorded here: Fergus #66 in 1964, Steven #57 in 1990.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Fergus #829, Steven #829.

• England and Wales · Boys29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Fergus held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Steven in 24.

  Highest recorded here: Fergus #243 in 1996, Steven #73 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2021: Fergus moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #706 and #619; by 2021 that had become #577 and #790.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Fergus #434, Steven #800.

• Northern Ireland · Boys17 shared years, 1997–2021

  Fergus held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Steven in 17.

  Highest recorded here: Fergus #199 in 1999, Steven #54 in 1998.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2021: Fergus #326, Steven #295.

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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