Neville vs Timothy

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 Zealand · Boys

  In 1966, Neville was ranked #99 and Timothy #29 among boys in New Zealand.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  In 1963, Neville was ranked #92 and Timothy #30 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 1997, Neville was ranked #382 and Timothy #88 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Neville was ranked #3688 and Timothy #382 among boys in England and Wales.

Neville and Timothy over time

Neville and Timothy appear together in 4 published lists, across 80 years of shared records. Timothy held the stronger position in more years in 4 of them, Neville 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.

Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 2 of the lists they share.

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 · Boys29 shared years, 1964–1997

  Neville held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Timothy in 29.

  Highest recorded here: Neville #159 in 1977, Timothy #26 in 1964.

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

  Most recent shared year, 1997: Neville #382, Timothy #88.

• England and Wales · Boys26 shared years, 1996–2024

  Neville held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Timothy in 26.

  Highest recorded here: Neville #1578 in 1997, Timothy #82 in 1996.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Neville #3688, Timothy #382.

• New Zealand · Boys13 shared years, 1954–1966

  Neville held the stronger position in 1 of those years, Timothy in 12.

  Highest recorded here: Neville #56 in 1954, Timothy #29 in 1966.

  The order changed in 1955: Timothy moved ahead. In 1954 they stood at #56 and #61; by 1955 that had become #71 and #48.

  Most recent shared year, 1966: Neville #99, Timothy #29.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys12 shared years, 1952–1963

  Neville held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Timothy in 10.

  Highest recorded here: Neville #53 in 1953, Timothy #30 in 1963.

  The order changed in 1954: Timothy moved ahead. In 1953 they stood at #53 and #57; by 1954 that had become #60 and #52.

  Most recent shared year, 1963: Neville #92, Timothy #30.

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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