Shea 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.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2024, Shea was ranked #51 and Tiarnan #125 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Shea was ranked #125 and Tiarnan #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• Scotland · Boys

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

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2023, Shea was ranked #1363 and Tiarnan #4107 among boys in England and Wales.

Shea and Tiarnan over time

Shea and Tiarnan appear together in 3 published lists, across 71 years of shared records. Shea held the stronger position in more years in 3 of them, Tiarnan 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.

Tiarnan reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Shea 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

• Northern Ireland · Boys28 shared years, 1997–2024

  Shea held the stronger position in 26 of those years, Tiarnan in 1.

  Highest recorded here: Shea #25 in 2007, Tiarnan #62 in 2000.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Shea #51, Tiarnan #125.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys27 shared years, 1996–2025

  Shea held the stronger position in 14 of those years, Tiarnan in 12.

  Highest recorded here: Shea #125 in 2025, Tiarnan #180 in 2007.

  The order changed in 2016: Shea moved ahead. In 2015 they stood at #265 and #210; by 2016 that had become #150 and #184.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Shea #125, Tiarnan #577.

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

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

  Highest recorded here: Shea #308 in 1999, Tiarnan #1027 in 1999.

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

  Most recent shared year, 2023: Shea #1363, 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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