Heather vs Shannon

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 2007, Heather was ranked #351 and Shannon #40 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• New Zealand · Girls

  In 1983, Heather was ranked #94 and Shannon #60 among girls in New Zealand.

• New South Wales, Australia · Girls

  In 1983, Heather was ranked #91 and Shannon #88 among girls in New South Wales, Australia.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Heather was ranked #325 and Shannon #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Heather was ranked #826 and Shannon #1743 among girls in England and Wales.

Heather and Shannon over time

Heather and Shannon appear together in 3 published lists, across 86 years of shared records. Shannon held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Heather 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.

Shannon reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Heather 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 · Girls46 shared years, 1974–2025

  Heather held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Shannon in 26.

  Highest recorded here: Heather #83 in 2003, Shannon #11 in 1995.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Heather #325, Shannon #885.

• England and Wales · Girls29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Heather held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Shannon in 20.

  Highest recorded here: Heather #78 in 1996, Shannon #11 in 1996.

  The order changed in 2020: Heather moved ahead. In 2019 they stood at #1095 and #1063; by 2020 that had become #941 and #1846.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Heather #826, Shannon #1743.

• Northern Ireland · Girls11 shared years, 1997–2007

  Heather held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Shannon in 11.

  Highest recorded here: Heather #166 in 2003, Shannon #2 in 1997.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2007: Heather #351, Shannon #40.

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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