Tuesday, May 3, 2016

International Names, Part 3a--English, Boys

I'm continually fascinated by the fact that name trends are not only local, but global. I intend to tackle the Top Names lists from all over the world, but for now, I'm comparing only the English-speaking countries.
There are 8 separate lists: U.S., England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, & New Zealand. From there I pulled out the names that appear on all Top 100 lists (yes, I was limited to Top 100s, as a few countries only published that much), and it's about what you'd expect:
(in approximate order most --> least common overall)
  1. James
  2. Noah
  3. Jack
  4. Oliver
  5. Jacob
  6. Ethan
  7. Daniel
  8. Mason
  9. Thomas
  10. Alexander
  11. William
  12. Lucas
  13. Liam
  14. Joshua
  15. Samuel
  16. Logan
  17. Ryan
  18. Benjamin
  19. Matthew
  20. Michael
  21. Dylan
  22. Luke
  23. Leo
  24. Joseph
  25. Adam
  26. Isaac
  27. Jayden
  28. Nathan
  29. Henry
  30. David
  31. Tyler
  32. Aaron

                                                                And 5 names appeared in 7 of the 8 Top 100s:
                                                                1.   Max
                                                                2.   Jackson
                                                                3.   Caleb
                                                                4.   John
                                                                5.   Blake

                                                                Ireland is the outlier, as only John & Max rank there. The US is missing Max, and England & Wales is (surprisingly) missing John.


                                                                I also found it interesting which names ranked only in one country (#50 & above, as the names really start to branch out the less popular you get):

                                                                US: Julian (#47), Isaiah (#48)
                                                                England & Wales: Muhammad (#14), Mohammed (#27), Finley (#36)
                                                                Scotland: Harris (#9), Brodie (#31)
                                                                Ireland: Rian (#35)
                                                                Australia: Nate (#43)
                                                                Canada: Alexis (#41), Mathis (#48), Antoine (#49)

                                                                In total, the US had the most "unique" names--18 (6 of which are Spanish or bi-cultural), while Australia had the least--5.

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