Nils vs Paddy

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 · Boys

  In 2024, Nils was ranked #4270 and Paddy #785 among boys in England and Wales.

Nils and Paddy over time

Nils and Paddy appear together in 1 published list, across 24 years of shared records. Paddy held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Nils 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.

Nils reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Paddy 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 · Boys24 shared years, 1996–2024

  Nils held the stronger position in 2 of those years, Paddy in 21.

  Highest recorded here: Nils #1746 in 2001, Paddy #705 in 2005.

  The order changed in 2004: Paddy moved ahead. In 2003 they stood at #1799 and #2005; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #760.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Nils #4270, Paddy #785.

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.

Where to go next

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.

Side by side

How each name got here