Megan vs Tess

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, Megan was ranked #352 and Tess #148 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

• Northern Ireland · Girls

  In 2022, Megan was ranked #266 and Tess #175 among girls in Northern Ireland.

• Scotland · Girls

  In 2024, Megan was ranked #384 and Tess #638 among girls in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Girls

  In 2024, Megan was ranked #503 and Tess #2771 among girls in England and Wales.

Megan and Tess over time

Megan and Tess appear together in 3 published lists, across 80 years of shared records. Megan held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Tess 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.

Megan reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Tess 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 · Girls30 shared years, 1990–2025

  Megan held the stronger position in 25 of those years, Tess in 4.

  Highest recorded here: Megan #10 in 1999, Tess #133 in 2021.

  The order changed in 2021: Tess moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #130 and #155; by 2021 that had become #133 and #133.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Megan #352, Tess #148.

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

  Megan held the stronger position in 29 of those years, Tess in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Megan #3 in 1998, Tess #423 in 2005.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Megan #503, Tess #2771.

• Northern Ireland · Girls21 shared years, 1997–2022

  Megan held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Tess in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Megan #4 in 2000, Tess #175 in 2022.

  The order changed in 2021: Tess moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #149 and #228; by 2021 that had become #237 and #190.

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Megan #266, Tess #175.

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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