British vs. American, Part 1 (2014)

Yep, it's time for this again. The British ONS released their top names of 2014, so of course we must compare. :)

First up--the "most British" names! Here are the most popular names used in England & Wales that didn't appear at all on the full SSA lists:

Boys:

1. Albie
2. Harri
3. Osian
4. Bertie
5. Dougie
6. Kenzie
7. Tomos
8. Barney
9. Matas
10. Gethin
11. Rudi
12. Oliwier
13. Wiktor
14. Frazer
15. Ralphie
16. Nojus
17. Ieuan
18. Tyler-James
19. Alby
20. Tommy-Lee

Girls:

1. Amelia-Rose
2. Lily-Mae
3. Lily-Rose
4. Lilly-Mae
5. Ffion
6. Ella-Rose
7. Ellie-Mae
8. Lilly-Rose
9. Lilly-May
10. Isla-Rose
11. Ava-Rose
12. Bethan
13. Fleur
14. Fearne
15. Ellie-May
16. Lily-May
17. Mia-Rose
18. Poppie
19. Bella-Rose
20. Gracie-Mae

Wow. Yay for hyphens! Since in the US, those would appear as either one name (e.g. Ameliarose) or first & middle, let's take them out:

Boys:

1. Albie
2. Harri
3. Osian
4. Bertie
5. Dougie
6. Kenzie
7. Tomos
8. Barney
9. Matas
10. Gethin
11. Rudi
12. Oliwier
13. Wiktor
14. Frazer
15. Ralphie
16. Nojus
17. Ieuan
18. Alby
19. Bartosz
20. Kajus

Girls:

1. Ffion
2. Bethan
3. Fleur
4. Fearne
5. Poppie
6. Orlaith
7. Jorgie
8. Eadie
9. Esmai
10. Dolcie
11. Dulcie
12. Kornelia
13. Hettie
14. Lowri
15. Cadi
16. Nel
17. Weronika
18. Blanka
19. Ferne
20. Neive

Any of these names would certainly be distinct in the US! I'd wager that most are pretty much unknown here. So let's narrow down to the most British names (based on %) that were actually used in the US last year:

Boys:

1. Alfie
2. Olly
3. Freddie
4. Barnaby
5. Archie
6. Fraser
7. Vinnie
8. Rupert
9. Teddie
10. Nikodem
11. Finlay
12. Franciszek
13. Georgie
14. Harry
15. Jac
16. Teddy
17. Ollie
18. Elis
19. Dawid
20. Jago

Girls:

1. Darcey
2. Darcie
3. Isobelle
4. Orla
5. Poppy
6. Wiktoria
7. Nieve
8. Pixie
9. Nikola
10. Neave
11. Oliwia
12. Ottilie
13. Niamh
14. Zuzanna
15. Xanthe
16. Alicja
17. Emilija
18. Lottie
19. Florence
20. Seren

Still too...."out there"? Let's narrow to the most British names in the US Top 1000:

Boys:

1. Harry
2. Frankie
3. Reuben
4. Theo
5. Tommy
6. Harley
7. Toby
8. Bobby
9. Stanley
10. Charlie
11. Lewis
12. Sonny
13. Jamie
14. Finley
15. Callum
16. Ronnie
17. Harvey
18. Kian
19. Oscar
20. Billy

Girls:

1. Rosie
2. Evie
3. Freya
4. Esme
5. Maisie
6. Matilda
7. Millie
8. Amelie
9. Martha
10. Phoebe
11. Holly
12. Mollie
13. Isla
14. Thea
15. Sienna
16. Jessica
17. Nancy
18. Elsie
19. Lara
20. Erin

*is jealous*

Next time: the most American names! I'm scared.