Southern Names

I often see on forums posts about "Southern names". Admittedly, the closest I've ever been to The South is a layover in Houston, but I really have no idea what a "Southern name" is.
Being a dork, of course I set out to discover that statistically.

I combined the lists of 14 states of "The South" (yes, I know, what's in the South is up for debate. For your interest: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), and pulled out which names are proportionally more common in The South. The results were surprising.

The most "Southern" names in the Southern states' Top 1000:
Boys:

1. Alexandre
2. Jamarcus
3. Jamarion
4. Cason
5. Braylen
6. Tylan
7. Demarcus
8. Braylon
9. Lawson
10. Zaylen
11. Kason
12. Brentley
13. Kylan
14. Courtney
15. Judson
16. Hayes
17. Coleman
18. Braylin
19. Chandler
20. Cayson

Girls:

1. Romina
2. Mariajose
3. Landry
4. Gentry
5. Eiza
6. Renata
7. Nahomi
8. Vianney
9. Aracely
10. Martina
11. Ariadna
12. Angelie
13. Regina
14. Jaqueline
15. Sterling
16. Adamaris
17. Arleth
18. Azul
19. Geraldine
20. Ivanna

And to narrow down a bit further, from the states' Top 500:

Boys:

1. Cason
2. Braylen
3. Braylon
4. Lawson
5. Kason
6. Brentley
7. Kylan
8. Hayes
9. Chandler
10. Cayson
11. Case
12. Princeton
13. Raylan
14. Cannon
15. Channing
16. Jamari
17. Bryson
18. Jayceon
19. Karson
20. Joe

Girls:

1. Romina
2. Landry
3. Renata
4. Regina
5. Jaqueline
6. Ivanna
7. Aranza
8. Araceli
9. Ayleen
10. America
11. Fernanda
12. Alisson
13. Ariadne
14. Violeta
15. Ximena
16. Arely
17. Frida
18. Galilea
19. Paulina
20. Montserrat

And even more narrowed down, from the states' Top 100:

Boys:

1. Bryson
2. Brantley
3. Braxton
4. Juan
5. Ayden
6. Kaiden
7. Kayden
8. Jose
9. Jeremiah
10. Jase
11. Easton
12. Bentley
13. Grayson
14. Josiah
15. Carson
16. Christian
17. Christopher
18. Levi
19. Brayden
20. Jordan

Girls:

1. Regina
2. Fernanda
3. Ximena
4. Alejandra
5. Jimena
6. Alondra
7. Alessandra
8. Carolina
9. Aylin
10. Daleyza
11. Camila
12. Melany
13. Ana
14. Angelique
15. Kamila
16. Valeria
17. Nayeli
18. Catalina
19. Daniela
20. Melanie

I'm pretty surprised at how much more Spanish-influenced the girls' list is! Crazy. (you can mostly blame Texas, as far as I can tell)
If you take out the names that are currently trending in Spanish-speaking countries from the girls' side, the list changes quite a bit:
(from the boys', just take Juan & Jose out, and tack Tristan & Joshua to the end)

1. Alessandra
2. Angelique
3. Leslie
4. Giselle
5. Ashley
6. Nicole
7. Daniella
8. Valerie
9. Alison
10. Amy
11. Londyn
12. Madeleine
13. Vanessa
14. Alina
15. Juliette
16. Camille
17. Leilani
18. Kayla
19. Juliana
20. Rose

Now, I noticed an interesting phenomenon when I looked at the bottom of the lists, the least Southern names--lots of boys' names ending in -o! Nico, Rocco, Theo, Arlo, Milo, Leo. And for the girls', quite a few word-names: Luna, Ruby, Melody, Daisy, Jade, Hazel, Iris.
What's the opposite of Southern? Hipster? ;)

And in case you wanted any more trivia, the Southern Top 10, and the national SSA lists for comparison:

	Southern	National
1.	Noah	Noah
2.	William	Liam
3.	Mason	Mason
4.	Liam	Jacob
5.	Jacob	William
6.	Elijah	Ethan
7.	James	Michael
8.	Ethan	Alexander
9.	Michael	James
10.	Aiden	Daniel

	Southern	National
1.	Camila	Emma
2.	Melanie	Olivia
3.	Ximena	Sophia
4.	Ashley	Isabella
5.	Emma	Ava
6.	Olivia	Mia
7.	Sophia	Emily
8.	Ava	Abigail
9.	Natalia	Madison
10.	Abigail	Charlotte

And if you want to see the whole Southern Top 1000, it is here, on Google Sheets. :)