British vs. American, Part 2 (2019)

Last time we saw which names were the "most British"; now it's time for the "most American". 

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:

1. Raelynn
2. Ximena
3. Londyn
4. Brynlee
5. Journee
6. Mckenna
7. Brynn
8. Madilyn
9. Makenzie
10. Raelyn
11. Daleyza
12. Gracelynn
13. Tatum
14. Lyric
15. Remington
16. Makenna
17. Bristol
18. Ryan
19. Camryn
20. Kinley

Boys:

1. Barrett
2. Brantley
3. Remington
4. Maximiliano
5. Josue
6. Beckham
7. Jayceon
8. Collin
9. Jaxton
10. Ezequiel
11. Kashton
12. Landen
13. Derrick
14. Abdiel
15. Cannon
16. Briggs
17. Brycen
18. Ryland
19. Stetson
20. 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:

1. Kinsley
2. Emersyn
3. Emery
4. Finley
5. Sawyer
6. Allison
7. Journey
8. Genesis
9. Jordyn
10. Nayeli
11. Gracelyn
12. Haley
13. Braelynn
14. Ainsley
15. Camila
16. Emerson
17. Alondra
18. Kaylani
19. Regina
20. Magnolia

Boys:

1. Waylon
2. Paxton
3. Nash
4. Jesus
5. Landon
6. Easton
7. Emiliano
8. Weston
9. Rhett
10. Legend
11. Graham
12. Princeton
13. Messiah
14. Tucker
15. Bryce
16. Brooks
17. Jamison
18. Angel
19. Esteban
20. 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 I am a bit surprised by Allison, as it's a bit out-of-date in the US right now, but a quick search shows that (when it's used) Alison is the more common spelling in the UK.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:

1. Zoey
2. Avery
3. Brooklyn
4. Addison
5. Samantha
6. Stella
7. Natalie
8. Jade
9. Lillian
10. Charlie
11. Madeline
12. Katherine
13. Riley
14. Audrey
15. Taylor
16. Bailey
17. Everleigh
18. Brianna
19. Morgan
20. Everly

Boys:

1. Maverick
2. Ian
3. Nolan
4. Silas
5. Brayden
6. Emmett
7. Wyatt
8. Mateo
9. Julian
10. Jayce
11. King
12. Santiago
13. Calvin
14. Ryder
15. Justin
16. Miguel
17. Dean
18. Jeremiah
19. Declan
20. 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:

1. Karina (US#570, UK#469)
2. Dalia (US#1041, UK#864)
3. Louise (US#686, UK#562)
4. Sophia (US#4, UK#7)
5. Saanvi (US#1032, UK#864)
6. Nala (US#677, UK#554)
7. Evelyn (US#10, UK#20)
8. Isabel (US#135, UK#142)
9. Penelope (US#22, UK#41)
10. Anna (US#63, UK#82)
11. Artemis (US#1006, UK#838)
12. Maeve (US#244, UK#218)
13. Amarah (US#1159, UK#980)
14. Meadow (US#496, UK#402)
15. Casey (US#896, UK#770)
16. Mina (US#682, UK#574)
17. Greta (US#635, UK#532)
18. Paige (US#226, UK#206)
19. Aria (US#20, UK#42)
20. Melania (US#1149, UK#1017)

Boys:

1. Logan (US#16, UK#29)
2. Erik (US#384, UK#329)
3. Myles (US#144, UK#123)
4. Sebastian (US#18, UK#34)
5. Lawrence (US#536, UK#443)
6. Ezra (US#49, UK#60)
7. Maximus (US#228, UK#181)
8. Keanu (US#630, UK#518)
9. Solomon (US#415, UK#341)
10. Enzo (US#218, UK#181)
11. Dylan (US#39, UK#54)
12. Keegan (US#429, UK#369)
13. Lucas (US#8, UK#25)
14. James (US#6, UK#22)
15. Samuel (US#22, UK#41)
16. Romeo (US#346, UK#283)
17. Phoenix (US#257, UK#201)
18. Rafael (US#261, UK#203)
19. Bradley (US#254, UK#219)
20. Fabian (US#393, UK#323)

Such a wide variety of styles! And all pretty nice, too. :)

British vs. American, Part 1 (2019)

Both the US and UK datasets are out now; it's time to have some fun comparing data!  Always fascinating to see what trends are the same, and which are completely different. :)

First things first, here are the most popular names in England & Wales that don't appear at all on the US lists (meaning they were given at most to 4 babies in the US last year). 

Girls:

1. Amelia-Rose
2. Isla-Rose
3. Ella-Rose
4. Ivy-Rose
5. Ava-Rose
6. Ffion
7. Bella-Rose
8. Ava-Mae
9. Lily-Rose
10. Oliwia
11. Lily-Mae
12. Olivia-Rose
13. Gracie-Mae
14. Harper-Rose
15. Dolcie
16. Ella-Mae
17. Fearne
18. Isla-Mae
19. Ellie-Mae
20. Wiktoria

Oh, hyphens, how I love you. In the US, those would appear either as first and middle, or as a smash-name (e.g. Ameliarose), so we have to do something about that.  In previous years, I simply removed all hyphenated names entirely, but this year I decided to treat the British data as it would appear in the American data, and list the names accordingly:

	Hyphenated names as smash-names	First names only
1.	Ffion	Dolcie
2.	Oliwia	Ffion
3.	Harper-Rose / Harperrose	Oliwia
4.	Dolcie	Fearne
5.	Fearne	Wiktoria
6.	Wiktoria	Orlaith
7.	Elsie-Mae / Elsiemae	Ferne
8.	Orlaith	Nancie
9.	Evie-Rose / Evierose	Bethan
10.	Sienna-Rose / Siennarose	Esmai
11.	Ferne	Leja
12.	Evie-Mae / Eviemae	Miruna
13.	Nancie	Dotty
14.	Isla-Grace / Islagrace	Xanthe
15.	Lily-May / Lilymay	Lowri
16.	Willow-Rose / Willowrose	Ioana
17.	Gracie-May / Graciemay	Kornelia
18.	Lilly-May / Lillymay	Eleri
19.	Bethan	Bluebell
20.	Ava-May / Avamay	Florrie

So, the first column of names are the most common British girls' names that weren't used in the US, if we treat all hyphenated names as smash-names; the second is if we simply chop off the second name and add all the hyphenated names with the same first element together (so Dolcie, Dolcie-Mae, Dolcie-Rose, etc, are all combined into 'Dolcie'). 

Boys:

1. Bertie
2. Ralphie
3. Teddie
4. Osian
5. Harri
6. Dougie
7. Hughie
8. Oliwier
9. Tomos
10. Rares
11. Ianis
12. Wiktor
13. Ralphy
14. Tommy-Lee
15. Tudor
16. Wilf
17. Frazer
18. Seb
19. Aronas
20. Gethin

Interestingly, I did the same thing with the boys' list, and not much changed: if Tommy-Lee et al. are included in Tommy, the names below it shift up, adding Gruffydd at #20.  I was fairly sure the hyphenated trend was mostly for girls, but this pretty much confirms it. ;)

On to the "most British" names that do appear in the US data.

Girls:

	Hyphenated names as smash-names	First names only
1.	Isla-Rose / Islarose	Darcey
2.	Darcey	Orla
3.	Orla	Darcie
4.	Isla-Mae / Islamae	Ottilie
5.	Darcie	Jorgie
6.	Ottilie	Alicja
7.	Alicja	Kitty
8.	Ivy-Mae / Ivymae	Neave
9.	Neave	Hettie
10.	Kitty	Eadie
11.	Jorgie	Marnie
12.	Hettie	Pola
13.	Amelia-Rose / Ameliarose	Seren
14.	Lilly-Rose / Lillyrose	Arla
15.	Gracie-Mae / Graciemae	Alys
16.	Pola	Andreea
17.	Eadie	Dollie
18.	Seren	Pixie
19.	Ava-Mae / Avamae	Niamh
20.	Alys	Anwen

Boys:

1. Albie
2. Alfie
3. Vinnie
4. Fraser
5. Rupert
6. Freddie
7. Barney
8. Barnaby
9. Rafferty
10. Reggie
11. Woody
12. Olly
13. Wilfred
14. Ioan
15. Teddy
16. Matei
17. Alby
18. Lennie
19. Dawid
20. Franciszek

(for the boys', there's no significant change with the different tallying methods)

We see a lot more Eastern European influence in the UK lists than in the US, that's for sure. I wish Albie/Alby would catch on in the US. So cute. 
And while Welsh names might be favorites among American name nerds, it really doesn't seem to have transferred to the US in general. 

Just because I could, I also did a quick tally of which names appeared most in hyphenated names:

First element: Ivy (22 combinations), Elsie (18), Olivia, Harper (both 17), Ava (16)

Second element: Rose (293 combinations), Mae (152), Rae (133), Grace (99), May (94)

Want that British flair, but with names that are a bit more common in the US? Here are the names proportionally more common in the UK, from the American Top 1000:

Girls:

	Hyphenated names as smash-names	First names only
1.	Florence	Florence
2.	Harriet	Rosie
3.	Rosie	Harriet
4.	Poppy	Poppy
5.	Nancy	Nancy
6.	Matilda	Evie
7.	Evie	Bonnie
8.	Bonnie	Matilda
9.	Amelie	Amelie
10.	Martha	Nellie
11.	Esme	Esme
12.	Phoebe	Martha
13.	Elodie	Jessica
14.	Freya	Elodie
15.	Jessica	Erin
16.	Erin	Lara
17.	Nellie	Holly
18.	Elsie	Zainab
19.	Lara	Beatrix
20.	Maisie	Frankie

Boys:

1. Harry
2. Archie
3. Reuben
4. Tommy
5. Louie
6. Toby
7. Mohammed
8. Ronnie
9. Bobby
10. Muhammad
11. Harley
12. Stanley
13. Alfred
14. Hugo
15. Albert
16. Arthur
17. Charlie
18. Oscar
19. Billy
20. Mohammad

I should point out that there are zero names in the US Top 1000 that are separated into hyphenated names in the UK data. The two girls lists differ because multiple names counted separately in the first list combine into one entry for the second, changing up the rankings. Harriet, for instance, only appears in one double-name: Harriet-Rose, while Rosie is the first element in over a dozen. 

Interesting how several names that are generally considered"outdated" in the US are apparently now common (or still common?) in the UK--Nancy, Jessica, Erin, Stanley, etc. 

Just how more popular are these names in the UK?  Accounting for population size difference, Florence is about 42x more common for new babies in the UK than in the US, while Harry is a whopping 54x more common!

Next time we'll see which names are the most American. :)

Word Names (just the rarest ones, 2019)

Yeah, I don't feel like listing all the word names this time.  However, I did come across quite a few doing my "Rare but Real" lists, and decided they'd be a pretty neat list of their own. 
So, here are all the rarest word-names used in 2019. :)

Point of note: I initially was going to do all the word names given to 10 kids/gender or fewer, because how many could that possibly be?   Yeah, it was over 900 potential word names. Per gender.  So, I went back to my old default of 5 kids.  
Also, I have removed jargon and archaic words, because I doubt parents were thinking "storage nook" for Ambry or "dry goods packaging" for Robbin.  I have also left off non-English names that just happen to be spelled like English words, as well as (most) occupational surnames. 

Girls:

• Affinity
• Aloe
• Aqua
• Bonny
• Bright
• Chances
• Choice
• Contessa
• Derby
• Dominion
• Dreamy
• East
• Ethereal
• Fairy
• Faithful
• Garland
• Genie
• Given
• Goodness
• Grant
• Haze
• Imagine
• Innocent
• Lava
• Light
• Marine
• Mellow
• Million
• Motley
• Palace
• Power
• Psalms
• Reef
• Sailer
• Season
• Shade
• Sundae
• Universe
• Vintage
• Viridian
• West

Boys:

• Aether
• Angelus
• Aquarius
• Archangel
• Avid
• Avis
• Beacon
• Blitz
• Breaker
• Brink
• Butch
• Candor
• Cerulean
• Chapel
• Clever
• Clover
• Crown
• Darling
• Desire
• Destined
• Domino
• Driver
• Dynasty
• East
• Ebon
• Faith
• Flash
• Garnet
• Genuine
• Greatness
• Heir
• Hue
• Infant
• Innocent
• Iron
• Jewels
• Kyanite
• Lacey
• Loch
• Luv
• Malachite
• Mayhem
• Mayor
• Merci
• Mighty
• Noir
• Page
• Quay
• Quetzal
• Quince
• Ragnarok
• Redeem
• Region
• Rise
• Rooster
• Scholar
• Serenity
• Shy
• Sly
• Son
• Starling
• Success
• Superior
• Testimony
• Towns
• Tyke
• Victorious
• Wonder
• Worthy

While sorting through potential word-names, I also came across quite a few names that refer to places or peoples. 
(again, these were only the ones at the bottom of the SSA lists; given to 5 babies last year)

Girls:

• Abyssinia
• Atalaya
• Atlanta
• Avanti
• Azania
• Cyprus
• Delphi
• Elysium
• Erie
• Lima
• Malay
• Marseille
• Maui
• Sistine
• Sweden
• Thai
• Versailles
• Zuni

Boys:

• Arcadian
• Arizona
• Ashanti
• Breton
• British
• Chicago
• Cuban
• Ireland
• Irish
• Kansas
• Mali
• Nashua
• Nashville
• Navarre
• Ontario
• Portland
• Tasman
• Venice