Thursday, June 6, 2019

Addendum: Puerto Rican Names

I was perusing the state/territory data, and realized that I'd left out one region: Puerto Rico. It doesn't fit easily into any previous category, but since it's more populous than 20 or so states, it seemed remiss for me not to include it. :)
[the remaining US territories are lumped into one data file since their population is collectively smaller than the least populous state, Wyoming]

First off, here's the PR Top 10, compared to the national Top 10:


Puerto Rico
National
1.
Sebastian
Liam
2.
Dylan
Noah
3.
Ian
William
4.
Mateo
James
5.
Adrian
Oliver
6.
Liam
Benjamin
7.
Lucas
Elijah
8.
Matias
Lucas
9.
Thiago
Mason
10.
Jayden
Logan


Puerto Rico
National
1.
Valentina
Emma
2.
Victoria
Olivia
3.
Emma
Ava
4.
Mia
Isabella
5.
Isabella
Sophia
6.
Mikaela
Charlotte
7.
Amaia
Mia
8.
Camila
Amelia
9.
Amanda
Harper
10.
Kamila
Evelyn


Here are the top 10 names disproportionately common in Puerto Rico compared to the rest of the country:

Boys:
  1. Yandriel
  2. Kendriel
  3. Kenay
  4. Keniel
  5. Keyden
  6. Jeriel
  7. Neithan
  8. Jeyden
  9. Neythan
  10. Mauro

Girls:
  1. Keilianys
  2. Joelys
  3. Amahia
  4. Nahiara
  5. Alianys
  6. Elianys
  7. Alanys
  8. Nahia
  9. Naiara
  10. Alahia
Quite a departure from most state lists! Obviously Puerto Rican has a lot more Spanish influence than most regions in the US. Some of these are Hispanicizations of common American English names (Keyden for Kayden; Neithan/Neythan for Nathan). -Lys is a common elaboration/feminization in Latin American Spanish, like -lyn or -anna in Am. Eng.  Likewise, -iel names for boys, both Biblical and invented, parallel Am. Eng.'s -dens and -sons.

If you want to see all the data on Puerto Rico, it is, as always, here, on Google Sheets. :)

Interestingly, many popular names from the rest of the US don't appear in Puerto Rico at all (meaning they were given at most to 4 babies there last year)--Ava, Harper, Evelyn, Ella, Avery, Madison; Mason, Henry, Jackson, Carter--and that's just from the SSA Top 25!

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