Joyce vs Sile
Joyce and Silecompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
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.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
In 2016, Joyce was ranked #476 and Sile #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland.
Joyce and Sile over time
Joyce and Sile appear together in 1 published list, across 43 years of shared records. Joyce held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Sile in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Joyce reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Sile 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.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Joyce and Sile changed places 10 times in Republic of Ireland · Girls between 1964 and 2016, ending at #476 and #661.
- Longest-running competitions
Joyce and Sile were both ranked in Republic of Ireland · Girls for 43 years, from 1964 to 2016, ending at #476 and #661.
List by list
Republic of Ireland · Girls43 shared years, 1964–2016
Joyce held the stronger position in 34 of those years, Sile in 5.
Highest recorded here: Joyce #149 in 1964, Sile #195 in 1981.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2016: Joyce #476, Sile #661.
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.
Side by side
| Field | Joyce | Sile |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, IE | IE |
| Most recent popularity observation | Republic of Ireland · Girls #885 (2025) | Republic of Ireland · Girls #661 (2016) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Joyce and Sile both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in IE.
How each name got here
Joyce
Popularity journey
First recorded1964
First recorded at #149 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #144 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Sile
Popularity journey
First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2016
Highest recorded position: #195 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1964–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2016
Most recently recorded at #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2016.
Republic of Ireland · Girls