Jarrod 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 South Wales, Australia · Boys

  In 1997, Jarrod was ranked #56 and Richard #98 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• New Zealand · Boys

  In 1999, Jarrod was ranked #76 and Richard #81 among boys in New Zealand.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2025, Jarrod was ranked #4275 and Richard #431 among boys in England and Wales.

Jarrod and Richard over time

Jarrod and Richard appear together in 3 published lists, across 47 years of shared records. Richard held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Jarrod in 1.

The order between them changed and held in 2 of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Richard reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Jarrod 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 · Boys27 shared years, 1996–2025

  Jarrod held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Richard in 27.

  Highest recorded here: Jarrod #490 in 1998, Richard #62 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Jarrod #4275, Richard #431.

• New Zealand · Boys11 shared years, 1977–1999

  Jarrod held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Richard in 10.

  Highest recorded here: Jarrod #68 in 1993, Richard #11 in 1977.

  The order changed in 1999: Jarrod moved ahead. In 1998 they stood at #84 and #78; by 1999 that had become #76 and #81.

  Most recent shared year, 1999: Jarrod #76, Richard #81.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys9 shared years, 1988–1997

  Jarrod held the stronger position in 5 of those years, Richard in 4.

  Highest recorded here: Jarrod #51 in 1994, Richard #56 in 1988.

  The order changed in 1993: Jarrod moved ahead. In 1992 they stood at #79 and #67; by 1993 that had become #61 and #79.

  Most recent shared year, 1997: Jarrod #56, Richard #98.

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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