Rory vs Tiarnan

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.

• Scotland · Boys

  In 2024, Rory was ranked #3 and Tiarnan #619 among boys in Scotland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2023, Rory was ranked #33 and Tiarnan #4107 among boys in England and Wales.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2024, Rory was ranked #33 and Tiarnan #125 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Rory was ranked #60 and Tiarnan #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Rory and Tiarnan over time

Rory and Tiarnan appear together in 3 published lists, across 79 years of shared records. Rory held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Tiarnan in 0.

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

Tiarnan reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 3 of those lists, and Rory 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 · Boys35 shared years, 1987–2025

  Rory held the stronger position in 35 of those years, Tiarnan in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Rory #42 in 2012, Tiarnan #180 in 2007.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Rory #60, Tiarnan #577.

• Northern Ireland · Boys28 shared years, 1997–2024

  Rory held the stronger position in 27 of those years, Tiarnan in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Rory #28 in 2022, Tiarnan #62 in 2000.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Rory #33, Tiarnan #125.

• England and Wales · Boys16 shared years, 1996–2023

  Rory held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Tiarnan in 0.

  Highest recorded here: Rory #33 in 2023, Tiarnan #1027 in 1999.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Rory #33, Tiarnan #4107.

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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