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. :)