British vs. American, Part 1 (2015)

Yay, stats! The British ONS recently released their name lists from 2015, so it's comparison time!

To start with, here are the most popular British names that did not appear at all on the full US lists:

Boys:

1. Albie
2. Barnaby
3. Osian
4. Bertie
5. Harri
6. Teddie
7. Mikolaj
8. Dougie
9. Oliwier
10. Tomos
11. Frazer
12. Alby
13. Wiktor
14. Dominykas
15. Gethin
16. Tommy-Lee
17. Herbie
18. Kajus
19. Ieuan
20. Ralphy

Girls:

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

Right. Hyphens. Somehow I always forget about those. In the US, those would appear as first and middle, or smashed together as one name. Let's pull those out.

(From the boys', just take out Tommy-Lee and add Bartosz to the end)

Girls:

1. Ffion
2. Fearne
3. Bethan
4. Poppie
5. Esmai
6. Hettie
7. Dolcie
8. Orlaith
9. Isobelle
10. Eadie
11. Florrie
12. Saarah
13. Efa
14. Weronika
15. Blanka
16. Hetty
17. Nancie
18. Lowri
19. Leja
20. Cadi

Yep. Any of those names would be pretty distinct in the US! Here are the "most British" names that were actually used in the US last year. 

Boys:

1. Alfie
2. Olly
3. Fraser
4. Freddie
5. Vinnie
6. Franciszek
7. Archie
8. Rupert
9. Nikodem
10. Harry
11. Ioan
12. Woody
13. Barney
14. Teddy
15. Ralphie
16. Jac
17. Tomasz
18. Rafferty
19. Wilfred
20. Lennie

Girls:

1. Darcey
2. Darcie
3. Orla
4. Fleur
5. Alicja
6. Niamh
7. Kitty
8. Marnie
9. Wiktoria
10. Zuzanna
11. Nieve
12. Neave
13. Jorgie
14. Cerys
15. Oliwia
16. Poppy
17. Imogen
18. Pixie
19. Pola
20. Florence

I also always forget about Eastern European influence! I imagine we'll see a matching Spanish influence in the US. 

In case these are still a bit too obscure, here are the most British names from the US Top 1000:

Boys:

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

Girls:

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

That is a lot of "-y/ie" names, for both genders.

Next time: the "most American" names! 

Smash-Names

You might have noticed that there is new generator button!
I've been fascinated for a while about what makes a good "smash-name". Although many people think they hate them, there are quite a few that predate the current -ley & -lyn craze (Marlene, Marilyn, Rosanna, etc), and that aren't even thought of as "smash-names" anymore.
I set out to try and come up with more classic-sounding, potentially usable smash-ups, and decided eventually to just make a new generator out of it.

It's definitely still a work in progress (for instance, I've yet to come up with an elegant way to avoid names like 'Annanna' or 'Lauranora'), but I hope you enjoy it anyway.

http://rosesandcellardoors.blogspot.com/p/smash-name-generator.html

My favorite "new" names include Margalise, Gretaflor, Kathelore, Evalou, and Tildalise. :)

No Alternates Allowed! (2015, boys)

Boys turn! Here are the names from the Top 1000 that did not have any alternate spellings last year.
(from most--> least popular)

• David
• Hunter
• Charles
• Thomas
• Parker
• Jose
• Sawyer
• Juan
• Diego
• Jesus
• Timothy
• Richard
• Jude
• Abraham
• Grant
• Alejandro
• August
• Paul
• Peter
• Jorge
• Javier
• Travis
• Fernando
• Seth
• Manuel
• Mario
• Archer
• Arthur
• Troy
• Walter
• Tobias
• Edgar
• Enzo
• Sergio
• Walker
• Alexis
• Nash
• Roberto
• Pedro
• Porter
• Romeo
• Pablo
• Warren
• Bruce
• Theo
• Dexter
• Chandler
• Keith
• Enrique
• Jonas
• Hugo
• Ronald
• Harvey
• Albert
• Donald
• Raul
• Julio
• Sullivan
• Rodrigo
• Davis
• Moises
• Jaime
• Atlas
• Ahmed
• Saul
• Arjun
• Arlo
• Arturo
• Gustavo
• Hank
• Otto
• Alberto
• Moshe
• Sam
• Larry
• Trent
• Mauricio
• Alfredo
• Joe
• Byron
• Alvin
• Duke
• Lance
• Santino
• Orlando
• Aldo
• Maurice
• Bryant
• Noe
• Salvador
• Nelson
• Ernesto
• Kelvin
• Memphis
• Guillermo
• Terry
• Fletcher
• Morgan
• Valentino
• Langston
• Flynn
• Bruno
• Rodney
• Tomas
• Harper
• Chaim
• Amos
• Vicente
• Ben
• Ford
• Briggs
• Wayne
• Joey
• Vance
• Dash
• Stetson
• Harry
• Channing
• Duncan
• Anders
• Harold
• Rene
• Vincenzo
• Castiel
• Eugene
• Miller
• Heath
• Amare
• Hugh
• Maximo
• Magnus
• Santana
• Abdiel
• Reginald
• Benton
• Urijah
• Denver
• Thatcher
• Alvaro
• Craig
• Dario
• Santos
• Alfred
• Tyrone
• Valentin
• Turner
• Ignacio
• Rodolfo
• Steve
• Boone
• Gibson
• Rolando
• Sutton
• Salvatore
• Yadiel
• Todd
• Truman
• Gilbert
• Brixton
• Bishop

If you feel like that's a lot longer than the girls' list, you're right. 159 alternate-free names for boys in the Top 1000......51 for girls. *sigh*