First up: the most common American names that don't appear at all on the full UK lists (meaning they were given to at most 2 babies in England & Wales):
Girls:
- Raelynn
- Ximena
- Londyn
- Brynlee
- Journee
- Mckenna
- Brynn
- Madilyn
- Makenzie
- Raelyn
- Daleyza
- Gracelynn
- Tatum
- Lyric
- Remington
- Makenna
- Bristol
- Ryan
- Camryn
- Kinley
Boys:
- Barrett
- Brantley
- Remington
- Maximiliano
- Josue
- Beckham
- Jayceon
- Collin
- Jaxton
- Ezequiel
- Kashton
- Landen
- Derrick
- Abdiel
- Cannon
- Briggs
- Brycen
- Ryland
- Stetson
- Case
Really, Londyn isn't used in the UK? I'm shocked. :p
On to the "most American" names that were used in the UK last year.
Girls:
- Kinsley
- Emersyn
- Emery
- Finley
- Sawyer
- Allison
- Journey
- Genesis
- Jordyn
- Nayeli
- Gracelyn
- Haley
- Braelynn
- Ainsley
- Camila
- Emerson
- Alondra
- Kaylani
- Regina
- Magnolia
Boys:
- Waylon
- Paxton
- Nash
- Jesus
- Landon
- Easton
- Emiliano
- Weston
- Rhett
- Legend
- Graham
- Princeton
- Messiah
- Tucker
- Bryce
- Brooks
- Jamison
- Angel
- Esteban
- Everett
"Cowboy" names, unisex surnames, and Spanish names. Yep, that sounds about right. I am a bit surprised by Allison, as it's a bit out-of-date in the US right now, but a quick search shows that (when it's used) Alison is the more common spelling in the UK. Interesting.
Time for some mathematical witchcraft, I'm afraid. The US Top 1000 accounts for about 2/3 of girls' names and 3/4 of boys' names, so for the next part I'm limiting the UK data by the same amount, due to the population size difference.
So, if the previous lists were a bit too "out there" for you, here are the most American names from the UK Girls' Top 600 and Boys' Top 675.
Girls:
- Zoey
- Avery
- Brooklyn
- Addison
- Samantha
- Stella
- Natalie
- Jade
- Lillian
- Charlie
- Madeline
- Katherine
- Riley
- Audrey
- Taylor
- Bailey
- Everleigh
- Brianna
- Morgan
- Everly
Boys:
- Maverick
- Ian
- Nolan
- Silas
- Brayden
- Emmett
- Wyatt
- Mateo
- Julian
- Jayce
- King
- Santiago
- Calvin
- Ryder
- Justin
- Miguel
- Dean
- Jeremiah
- Declan
- Greyson
I'm surprised by quite a few of these, especially Stella, Lillian, Katherine, Audrey, Ian, Julian, as they don't strike me as overly American (I say, as an American). I suspect it's again a difference in timing--names being popular in the US that are now outdated (or becoming outdated) in the UK.
Also interesting--Charlie appears as a "most British" name on the US boys' list, but a "most American" name on the UK girls' list.
And in case you're wondering, the "most American" girls' name, Zoey, is about 13x more common in the US than in the UK; while Maverick is about 14x more common.
So far I've only looked at differences, but what about names we like equally? Here are the names given to about the same proportion of kids in both the US and the UK (excluding rarer names to avoid weirdness).
Girls:
- Karina (US#570, UK#469)
- Dalia (US#1041, UK#864)
- Louise (US#686, UK#562)
- Sophia (US#4, UK#7)
- Saanvi (US#1032, UK#864)
- Nala (US#677, UK#554)
- Evelyn (US#10, UK#20)
- Isabel (US#135, UK#142)
- Penelope (US#22, UK#41)
- Anna (US#63, UK#82)
- Artemis (US#1006, UK#838)
- Maeve (US#244, UK#218)
- Amarah (US#1159, UK#980)
- Meadow (US#496, UK#402)
- Casey (US#896, UK#770)
- Mina (US#682, UK#574)
- Greta (US#635, UK#532)
- Paige (US#226, UK#206)
- Aria (US#20, UK#42)
- Melania (US#1149, UK#1017)
Boys:
- Logan (US#16, UK#29)
- Erik (US#384, UK#329)
- Myles (US#144, UK#123)
- Sebastian (US#18, UK#34)
- Lawrence (US#536, UK#443)
- Ezra (US#49, UK#60)
- Maximus (US#228, UK#181)
- Keanu (US#630, UK#518)
- Solomon (US#415, UK#341)
- Enzo (US#218, UK#181)
- Dylan (US#39, UK#54)
- Keegan (US#429, UK#369)
- Lucas (US#8, UK#25)
- James (US#6, UK#22)
- Samuel (US#22, UK#41)
- Romeo (US#346, UK#283)
- Phoenix (US#257, UK#201)
- Rafael (US#261, UK#203)
- Bradley (US#254, UK#219)
- Fabian (US#393, UK#323)
Such a wide variety of styles! And all pretty nice, too. :)
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