Graeme vs Richard

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.

• New Zealand · Boys

  In 1975, Graeme was ranked #86 and Richard #9 among boys in New Zealand.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  In 1972, Graeme was ranked #96 and Richard #24 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2001, Graeme was ranked #280 and Richard #92 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2013, Graeme was ranked #711 and Richard #171 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2023, Graeme was ranked #4107 and Richard #411 among boys in England and Wales.

Graeme and Richard over time

Graeme and Richard appear together in 4 published lists, across 91 years of shared records. Richard held the stronger position in more years in 4 of them, Graeme in 0.

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

Graeme reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Richard 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 · Boys34 shared years, 1968–2013

  Graeme held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Richard in 34.

  Highest recorded here: Graeme #152 in 1992, Richard #20 in 1986.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2013: Graeme #711, Richard #171.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys21 shared years, 1952–1972

  Graeme held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Richard in 21.

  Highest recorded here: Graeme #33 in 1952, Richard #16 in 1960.

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

  Most recent shared year, 1972: Graeme #96, Richard #24.

• New Zealand · Boys21 shared years, 1954–1975

  Graeme held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Richard in 21.

  Highest recorded here: Graeme #18 in 1954, Richard #9 in 1965.

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

  Most recent shared year, 1975: Graeme #86, Richard #9.

• England and Wales · Boys15 shared years, 1996–2023

  Graeme held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Richard in 15.

  Highest recorded here: Graeme #755 in 1996, Richard #62 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Graeme #4107, Richard #411.

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