I'd like to mimic the RANK function with an array of text values.

Can I get a numerical value from each of a list of names?

For example:

A1 = George Bush
A2 = Barack Obama
A3 = Abraham Lincoln
A4 = James K. Polk

TEXTRANK(A1)=3
TEXTRANK(A2)=2
TEXTRANK(A3)=1
TEXTRANK(A4)=4