Fionnuala vs Lucy

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 2018, Fionnuala was ranked #434 and Lucy #10 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2019, Fionnuala was ranked #716 and Lucy #11 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Fionnuala was ranked #2605 and Lucy #143 among girls in England and Wales.

Fionnuala and Lucy over time

Fionnuala and Lucy appear together in 3 published lists, across 97 years of shared records. Lucy held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Fionnuala 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.

Fionnuala reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Lucy 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 · Girls51 shared years, 1964–2019

  Fionnuala held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Lucy in 37.

  Highest recorded here: Fionnuala #116 in 1966, Lucy #4 in 2010.

  The order changed in 1983: Lucy moved ahead. In 1982 they stood at #207 and #216; by 1983 that had become #173 and #167.

  Most recent shared year, 2019: Fionnuala #716, Lucy #11.

• England and Wales · Girls28 shared years, 1996–2025

  Fionnuala held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Lucy in 28.

  Highest recorded here: Fionnuala #955 in 1998, Lucy #7 in 2003.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Fionnuala #2605, Lucy #143.

• Northern Ireland · Girls18 shared years, 1997–2018

  Fionnuala held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Lucy in 18.

  Highest recorded here: Fionnuala #126 in 2001, Lucy #4 in 2007.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2018: Fionnuala #434, Lucy #10.

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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