Up first, here are the most popular American names that did not appear on the full UK lists at all.
(FTR, the list of names that were used in America but not the UK was approximately 2.5x as long as the names used in both. I'm sure population size contributes to that quite a bit, but still, wow)
Boys:
- Waylon
- Brantley
- Barrett
- Legend
- Beckham
- Jayceon
- Garrett
- Abram
- Jamison
- Trenton
- Gerardo
- Brycen
- Landyn
- Emmitt
- Ryland
- Cannon
- Sincere
- Alfredo
- Case
- Briggs
Girls:
- Ximena
- Raelynn
- Jordyn
- Londyn
- Brynlee
- Emersyn
- Daleyza
- Journee
- Journey
- Brynn
- Makenzie
- Raelyn
- Brinley
- Kylee
- Gracelynn
- Braelynn
- Kamryn
- Yaretzi
- Jimena
- Ryan
Yes, these are all very American. :p That's not necessarily bad, of course, but I would certainly be surprised to come across a Brit with any name on this list.
To tone down a bit, here are the most American names that were used in the UK last year.
To tone down a bit, here are the most American names that were used in the UK last year.
Boys:
- Jesus
- Paxton
- Emiliano
- Weston
- Lane
- Everett
- Walker
- Josue
- Landon
- Tucker
- Kingston
- Brooks
- Easton
- Nash
- Landen
- Collin
- Gunner
- Rhett
- Angel
- Sawyer
Girls:
- Kinsley
- Emery
- Allison
- London
- Kinley
- Makenna
- Finley
- Genesis
- Alondra
- Emerson
- Magnolia
- Camryn
- Fernanda
- Camila
- Tatum
- Madilyn
- Sawyer
- Selah
- Ainsley
- Leighton
Bwahahaha, the surname/unisex trend is creeping its way across the pond. And America's getting the UK's vintage-y nicknames. I definitely think we're getting the better end of that deal, sorry. :p
On to the most "American" names from the British Top 1000!
Boys:
- Bryson
- Jose
- Colton
- Jameson
- Silas
- Ryker
- Carlos
- Ian
- Nolan
- Braxton
- Alejandro
- Wesley
- Maverick
- Zayden
- Brayden
- August
- Mateo
- Jayce
- Emmett
- Griffin
Girls:
- Avery
- Claire
- Zoey
- Madelyn
- Serenity
- Rylee
- Addison
- Brooklyn
- Ashley
- Trinity
- Kimberly
- Melanie
- Bailey
- Alaina
- Samantha
- Mariah
- Jocelyn
- Natalie
- Stella
- Fiona
Really, the boys' list doesn't surprise me all that much because the UK seems to have mostly side-stepped the surname-craze we Americans so enthusiastically embraced. The girls' list, however--Claire, Madelyn, Samantha, Jocelyn, Stella, Fiona....perhaps the US is a bit late to the party on those?
Up to now, we've been looking at differences. But what about names we all like? Here are the names given to roughly same % of kids in both the US and the UK (from about the Top 1500 for each).
Boys:
- Cory
- Enzo
- Hakeem
- Curtis
- Rafael
- Denzel
- Myles
- Oren
- Tate
- Kenny
- Harper
- Tyler
- Eliot
- Anton
- Phoenix
- Carlo
- Peter
- Hector
- Jarvis
- Dylan
Girls:
- Dalia
- Tegan
- Mylah
- Siena
- Aanya
- Noa
- Alexandra
- Ariella
- Isabella
- Adela
- Elora
- Katerina
- Sasha
- Persephone
- Larissa
- Saanvi
- Everley
- Nylah
- Scarlet
- Lisa
Noa! Harper! Katerina! Myles! Peter! Persephone! I think these are pretty great lists. :) Interesting how Isabella is the only popular name to be used about equally in both the US and the UK.
Warning: pedantic stats talk! The most popular names in the UK are more common than the most popular names in the US--the #1 girls' name in the UK, Olivia, was given to ≈1.6% of British girls least year; while the #1 name in the US, Emma, was given to ≈1% of American girls. The percentages decrease at roughly the same rate from there, not meeting until #186 on both charts--Lucia in the US, Maggie in the UK--at which point the American name is then more common than its UK counterpart of the same rank. While the same phenomenon also happens on the boys' charts, the switch happens much closer to the top, at #58--Landon, US; Albie, UK.
This is why if you were to look up the rankings of the "equally-liked" names above, they would not likely be very similar.
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