Kayleigh vs May

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 2025, Kayleigh was ranked #207 and May #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2024, Kayleigh was ranked #288 and May #407 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2025, Kayleigh was ranked #1639 and May #610 among girls in England and Wales.

Kayleigh and May over time

Kayleigh and May appear together in 3 published lists, across 67 years of shared records. Kayleigh held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, May in 0.

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.

Kayleigh reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and May 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 · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025

  Kayleigh held the stronger position in 19 of those years, May in 10.

  Highest recorded here: Kayleigh #50 in 1997, May #325 in 2007.

  The order changed in 2015: May moved ahead. In 2014 they stood at #481 and #576; by 2015 that had become #643 and #643.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Kayleigh #1639, May #610.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls29 shared years, 1985–2025

  Kayleigh held the stronger position in 28 of those years, May in 1.

  Highest recorded here: Kayleigh #45 in 1997, May #262 in 2023.

  The order changed in 1994: Kayleigh moved ahead. In 1993 they stood at #519 and #386; by 1994 that had become #108 and #502.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Kayleigh #207, May #718.

• Northern Ireland · Girls8 shared years, 2009–2024

  Kayleigh held the stronger position in 7 of those years, May in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Kayleigh #86 in 2009, May #276 in 2016.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Kayleigh #288, May #407.

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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