Meadhbh vs Phoebe

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.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2023, Meadhbh was ranked #5687 and Phoebe #20 among girls in England and Wales.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2017, Meadhbh was ranked #355 and Phoebe #44 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Girls

  In 2025, Meadhbh was ranked #381 and Phoebe #97 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Meadhbh and Phoebe over time

Meadhbh and Phoebe appear together in 2 published lists, across 49 years of shared records. Phoebe held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Meadhbh 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.

Meadhbh reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Phoebe 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 · Girls39 shared years, 1985–2025

  Meadhbh held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Phoebe in 19.

  Highest recorded here: Meadhbh #142 in 2006, Phoebe #78 in 2022.

  The order changed in 2008: Phoebe moved ahead. In 2007 they stood at #267 and #286; by 2008 that had become #291 and #291.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Meadhbh #381, Phoebe #97.

• Northern Ireland · Girls10 shared years, 1999–2017

  Meadhbh held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Phoebe in 10.

  Highest recorded here: Meadhbh #278 in 2005, Phoebe #44 in 2017.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2017: Meadhbh #355, Phoebe #44.

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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