Richard vs Rodney

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 1974, Richard was ranked #11 and Rodney #99 among boys in New Zealand.

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  In 1983, Richard was ranked #42 and Rodney #87 among boys in New South Wales, Australia.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 1995, Richard was ranked #61 and Rodney #301 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Richard was ranked #398 and Rodney #2671 among boys in England and Wales.

Richard and Rodney over time

Richard and Rodney appear together in 4 published lists, across 100 years of shared records. Richard held the stronger position in more years in 4 of them, Rodney in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Richard reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 4 of those lists, and Rodney 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

• New South Wales, Australia · Boys32 shared years, 1952–1983

  Richard held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Rodney in 2.

  Highest recorded here: Richard #16 in 1960, Rodney #17 in 1966.

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

  Most recent shared year, 1983: Richard #42, Rodney #87.

• England and Wales · Boys27 shared years, 1996–2024

  Richard held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Rodney in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Richard #62 in 1996, Rodney #1055 in 1998.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Richard #398, Rodney #2671.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys21 shared years, 1964–1995

  Richard held the stronger position in 21 of those years, Rodney in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Richard #22 in 1965, Rodney #135 in 1972.

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

  Most recent shared year, 1995: Richard #61, Rodney #301.

• New Zealand · Boys20 shared years, 1954–1974

  Richard held the stronger position in 20 of those years, Rodney in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Richard #9 in 1965, Rodney #42 in 1967.

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

  Most recent shared year, 1974: Richard #11, Rodney #99.

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