Jade vs Shelby

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 2013, Jade was ranked #255 and Shelby #440 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Jade was ranked #352 and Shelby #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Jade was ranked #541 and Shelby #790 among girls in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Jade was ranked #638 and Shelby #708 among girls in England and Wales.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Jade was ranked #5119 and Shelby #2671 among boys in England and Wales.

Jade and Shelby over time

Jade and Shelby appear together in 3 published lists, across 54 years of shared records. Jade held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Shelby in 1.

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.

Jade reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, Shelby 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

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

  Jade held the stronger position in 24 of those years, Shelby in 5.

  Highest recorded here: Jade #19 in 1996, Shelby #151 in 1997.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Jade #638, Shelby #708.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls15 shared years, 1994–2025

  Jade held the stronger position in 15 of those years, Shelby in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Jade #30 in 2001, Shelby #450 in 1994.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Jade #352, Shelby #608.

• England and Wales · Boys10 shared years, 1997–2024

  Jade held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Shelby in 8.

  Highest recorded here: Jade #2337 in 1997, Shelby #1723 in 2020.

  The order changed in 2009: Shelby moved ahead. In 2008 they stood at #2337 and #2859; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #3227.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Jade #5119, Shelby #2671.

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.

Side by side

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