Gustav vs Pearse

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.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2017, Gustav was ranked #2512 and Pearse #4812 among boys in England and Wales.

Gustav and Pearse over time

Gustav and Pearse appear together in 1 published list, across 8 years of shared records. Gustav held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Pearse 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.

Pearse reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Gustav 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

• England and Wales · Boys8 shared years, 1997–2017

  Gustav held the stronger position in 6 of those years, Pearse in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Gustav #1920 in 2013, Pearse #1578 in 1997.

  The order changed in 2004: Gustav moved ahead. In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #1962; by 2004 that had become #2070 and #3009.

  Most recent shared year, 2017: Gustav #2512, Pearse #4812.

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