England/Wales vs. America

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

After finding the top 100 baby names in England/Wales here: http://www.silversurfers.net/family-top100babynames.html I thought the differences between popular names in the UK and in the US were pretty interesting.  I compiled a list of names in the top 100 for 2007 in one country but not the other.

The UK wins, IMHO (although there are some awful and some fabulous names in both camps).

Oliver
Harry
Charlie
Alfie
George
Lewis
Mohammed
Jake
Callum
Harvey
Max
Archie
Jamie
Muhammad
Oscar
Edward
Leo
Finley
Ben
Toby
Rhys
Riley (for boys)
Finlay
Louis
Kieran
Kai
Freddie
Reece
Kian
Harley
Bailey (for boys)
Luca
Theo
Leon
Ashton
Sam
Ellis
Joel
Joe
Billy
Taylor (for boys)
Elliot
Reuben
Morgan (for boys)
Corey
Louie
Jay
Zak

Ruby
Lucy
Charlotte
Ellie
Evie
Katie
Millie
Amy
Daisy
Freya
Erin
Poppy
Holly
Phoebe
Caitlin
Imogen
Keira
Scarlett
Georgia
Alice
Summer
Amber
Eleanor
Bethany
Eva
Lilly
Libby
Isobel
Amelie
Maisie
Rosie
Matilda
Maddison
Sienna
Niamh
Skye
Zara
Isla
Tia
Alisha
Harriet
Aimee
Eve
Madeleine
Courtney
Lacey
Lydia
Abbie
Martha
Francesca
Shannon
Lexie
Hollie
Rose
Alicia
Tilly

Anthony
Nicholas
Christian
Jonathan
Aiden
Elijah
Gavin
Jackson
Angel
Jose
Caleb
Kevin
Isaiah
Justin
Jordan
Austin
Landon
Hunter
Diego
Jason
Luis
Adrian
Juan
Brayden
Julian
Jeremiah
Xavier
Wyatt
Carlos
Ian
Jaden
Jesus
Bryan
Chase
Carter
Brian
Nathaniel
Eric
Cole
Tristan
Blake
Carson
Caden
Brady
Miguel
Cooper
Antonio
Steven
Kaden
Richard
Timothy

Addison
Samantha
Ashley
Alyssa
Natalie
Alexis
Brianna
Hailey
Taylor (for girls)
Kayla
Savannah
Nevaeh
Lillian
Kaylee
Sydney
Gabriella
Katherine
Alexa
Destiny
Morgan (for girls)
Kaitlyn
Allison
Makayla
Avery
Jocelyn
Audrey
Riley (for girls)
Kimberly
Brooklyn
Angelina
Andrea
Rachel
Madeline
Kylie
Jennifer
Mackenzie
Claire
Gabrielle
Aubrey
Arianna
Vanessa
Trinity
Ariana
Katelyn
Haley
Melanie
Bailey (for girls)
Aaliyah
Stephanie
Gianna
Autumn
Mariah
Mary
Michelle
Jada
Valeria
Caroline
Jordan

The UK list really surprised me in general, so I'm not sure how accurate that website is.  I'm American and don't really have contact with English/Welsh babies very often though, so I guess I wouldn't know.  Obviously my lists are somewhat flawed; because the US has a larger population there are probably a lot more little Timothys and Carolines running around America than there are little Zaks and Tillys in England/Wales, and the demographics of different ethnic populations account for some of the differences.  I still found it pretty interesting though- I don't know anyone named Alfie or Charlotte and I know tons named Nicholas or Samantha, for example.

Comments

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like the UK names so much more, specially for boys. I knew I wanted to move there for a reason.

Oliver
Harry
Charlie
George
Lewis
Callum
Harvey
Max
Jamie - as nn for James only
Oscar
Edward
Leo
Finley
Ben - as nn for Benjamin only
Toby - as nn for Tobias only
Louis
Luca
Theo
Sam - as nn for Samuel only
Joel
Elliot
Reuben
Morgan

Ruby
Lucy
Ellie
Erin
Scarlett
Alice
Eleanor
Lilly - but spelled Lily
Amelie
Isla
Harriet - LOOOOOOOVE this name!!!!
Aimee
Eve
Madeleine
Lydia
Rose

Anthony
Nicholas
Jonathan
Elijah
Caleb
Kevin
Diego
Adrian
Julian
Brian
Nathaniel
Cole

Katherine
Allison
Jocelyn
Audrey
Andrea
Madeline
Claire
Mary
Caroline

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Oh . . . one thing I found interesting. For the boy names in the UK, I noticed a few Islamic names (Muhammed, for example), while in the US, there are a bunch of Latino names (Diego, Miguel, Jesus, etc). That's what I would have expected, had I thought about it, but I didn't, so it was surprising for a moment before I realized WHY lol.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I love the UK names so much more. i think the US names sound so trashy a good majority of the time.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

very interesting lists. mohammed traditionally is the name muslims/arabs give their first-born son so there are lots of them. :]

i like

Oliver
Reece
Luca
Leon
Reuben

Phoebe
Amber
Amelie
Sienna
Skye
Zara
Madeleine

--

Anthony
Luis
Xavier
Cole
Miguel

Savannah
Madeline
Claire
Stephanie
Autumn

[florallove.livejournal.com]

Whenever I think of someone from the UK saying Archie, it sounds so cute in my head!

Oliver
Charlie
Alfie
George
Jake
Archie
Oscar
Leo
Finley
Ben
Reece
Luca
Theo
Sam
Joel
Reuben
Morgan (for boys)

Ruby
Lucy
Charlotte
Ellie
Evie
Millie
Daisy
Erin
Poppy
Caitlin
Scarlett
Georgia
Alice
Summer
Amber
Eleanor
Eva
Lilly
Libby
Amelie
Rosie
Matilda
Sienna
Niamh
Skye
Isla
Harriet
Aimee
Eve
Madeleine
Shannon
Lexie
Rose
Tilly



Aiden
Elijah
Gavin
Jackson
Isaiah
Jordan
Landon
Jason
Ian
Nathaniel
Eric
Timothy

Savannah
Sydney
Allison
Madeline
Claire
Autumn
Caroline

I like more of the UK names, but I do think that the girls names are very cutesy and young.

[aaww-my-bees.livejournal.com]

I love the UK names... especially Harvey. lol

[http://users.livejournal.com/__recidivist/]

Your baby is so adorable that I just don't know what to do with myself.

[aaww-my-bees.livejournal.com]

aaww Thanks! :D

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Although I prefer the UK names, I'm getting really pissed off with this trend for names like Archie and Alfie. It seriously makes me so much more angry than is reasonable! They do not sound like full first names. Alfie should be short for Alfred and Archie should be short for Archibald (or Archer, if you must). Ok, so those names are all hideous and the shortened versions do sound nicer...but they're horribly twee and trendy-in-an-old-fashioned-way and will sound utterly ridiculous on an adult. How do you expect your son to be taken seriously when his name is ARCHIE??? Argh, it really upsets me :(

The same goes for the girls' names like Tilly and Millie and Evie. People obviously think they're *just adorable* on little girls, but they are just waaaay too cutsie for my taste. I try to imagine an adult woman named MAISIE and I just can't. It's horrid.

Sorry, I have no idea why I suddenly felt the need to rant about that!

I like:

Oliver (my brother's name)
Oscar (my cousin's name)
Toby (though I prefer Tobias)
Rhys (this spelling only)
Louis (as long as it's being pronounced Loo-ee and not Lewis)
Luca
Leo
Reuben
Morgan

Ruby (although I HATE that pretty much everyone is naming their baby this now)
Freya
Scarlett (I think I prefer it with one T)
Amber (guilty pleasure as I think it's a bit trashy)
Matilda

Jackson (guilty pleasure)
Xavier
Blake (purely because every Blake I've ever known has been awesome)

I think the American girls' list is pretty bad tbh.

You don't know any Charlottes? I know at least 5. It's a really common name over here.

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

You know, I've always been familiar with the name Charlotte (probably from the book Charlotte's Web), but I've never actually met anyone with that name... I think it's weird too, but just as well because I might want to use it someday haha. I think it's one of those names that's sort of an old lady name in America that is starting to become fashionable again.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I agree with the tunknut. The only Charlottes I've known in the US are old women, except for one 8-year-old daughter of my dad's co-worker. My cousin in London who's my age (20) has at least 4 friends named Charlotte, two of whom I met when I visited her.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think it must've gone out of style in the States and not over here.

[sharon20lostie.livejournal.com]

The UK has avoided the Jayden phenomenon. Hooray!


British parents (sensibly) tend to avoid made up names, and creative spellings. The tend to use classical names more as well.

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately the spellings Aidan, Hayden, and Jayden were present on the UK boys list... I didn't include them on either of my lists though because they were present on the US top 100 as well. At least they didn't stray from the "traditional" spellings of these names (although it's debatable whether Jayden has a traditional spelling at all).

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

The UK names don't surprise me at all, but then I'm name-obsessed as well as an American in Britain.

[spartan-picnic.livejournal.com]

A lot of the UK names are very nicknamey names. Like Charlie, Alfie, Jake, Archie, Jamie, Ellie, Evie, Katie, Millie etc. I still prefer the UK list but I feel a bit bad for all the Millies and Maisies when they grow up :/

There are so many I like!!!

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

UK names:
Oliver
Rhys
Riley
Kieran
Elliot (prefer Elliott)
Lucy
Charlotte
Ellie
Poppy (but I don't think I'd use it unless I was living in the UK for this reason)
Caitlin
Imogen
Scarlett
Georgia
Eva
Lilly (prefer Lily)
Libby
Amelie
Skye
Isla
Madeleine
Lacey
Francesca
Shannon

US names:
Nicholas
Aiden
Elijah
Gavin
Jackson
Kevin
Landon
Ian
Nathaniel
Eric
Blake
Brady
Lillian
Sydney
Jocelyn
Brooklyn
Kylie

I kept saying the UK names with a British accent in my head and names like Poppy sound SO MUCH better with a nice British accent.

[moobiewons.livejournal.com]

I prefer the UK girl names and the US boy names.

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

Alfie
Jamie
Leo
Ben (as a nn for Benjamin)
Toby
Rhys
Riley
Louis
Kieran
Sam (as a nn for Samuel)
Ellis
Joel
Elliot (spelt Elliott)

Ellie
Caitlin
Scarlett
Eleanor
Bethany
Maddison
Skye (as a mn only)
Aimee (LOVE LOVE LOVE)
Madeleine
Courtney
Lacey


Jonathan
Aiden (but couldn't use it)
Elijah
Ian (as a mn only)

Addison
Alyssa
Lillian

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I guess its a good thing I'm in the UK considering I only like 7 names from the US lists :)

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

It looks quite accurate to me - the official UK ones are at the Office for National Statistics: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=184

I like/love*
Oliver (as an honouring name)
Alfie (as a nn for Alfred - I know a little 5 year old named this)
Archie
Oscar
Edward
Finley
Rhys
Finlay
Louis
Kai
Freddie (as a nn*)
Harley
Theo (as a nn for Theodor*)
Sam (as a nn)
Ellis
Joel
Joe
Reuben
Morgan (for boys)
Corey
Zak (as a nn)

Lucy
Daisy
Freya
Erin (I have a niece with this name)
Poppy
Phoebe
Imogen
Amber
Eleanor
Libby (as a nn)
Amelie (prefer Amalia)
Matilda
Niamh
Zara
Isla
Tia
Harriet

Anthony (I have a nephew with this name)
Jonathan
Aiden
Elijah
Gavin
Jackson
Caleb
Isaiah
Hunter (as an honouring)
Jason
Jeremiah*
Nathaniel
Eric (prefer Erich)

Savannah (GP)
Lillian (prefer Lilia)
Kaylee (GP)
Alexa (prefer as nn for Alexandra)
Gianna
Mariah (prefer Moriah)

[fangirlism]

IDK, I like the US names better. The UK names just sound old fashioned and out of date.

And it kills me to know Kayla is still in the US top 100. It was in the top 100 16 years ago when my sister (who, yes, is named Kayla) was born.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I think that the UK is a bit more my style, at least when it comes to girls.

[ghetto-lonetto.livejournal.com]

Callum
Kai
Ellis

Ruby
Zara(h)

Julian

Natalie

I desperately love the name Callum. I actually really like that it's not popular in the US, since I'm not a real big fan of giving kids a top 100 name.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Lewis
Callum
Edward
Rhys
Louis
Joel
Reuben
Morgan (for boys)

Ruby
Freya
Imogen
Eleanor
Eva
Isobel
Amelie
Matilda
Eve
Martha
Rose

Anthony
Nicholas
Jonathan
Elijah
Gavin
Justin
Adrian
Ian
Nathaniel

Natalie
Lillian
Gabriella
Katherine
Audrey
Madeline
Claire
Gabrielle
Vanessa
Autumn
Mary
Caroline

I don't know, they're equally good/bad for me. There's this huge trend in the UK of really cutesy little nicknames like Tilly, Alfie, Maisie, etc. as full names, that I hate...

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

UK:
Oliver
Harry
Charlie
Callum
Max
Edward
Leo
Toby
Kieran
Theo

Lucy
Charlotte
Evie
Daisy
Erin
Holly
Caitlin
Keira
Scarlett
Summer
Eva
Lilly
Sienna
Skye
Zara
Isla
Eve
Shannon

US:
Nicholas
Christian
Elijah
Landon
Carter
Eric
Tristan
Caden
Brady

Addison
Alexis
Hailey
Savannah
Sydney
Morgan
Allison
Avery
Angelina
Rachel
Claire
Aubrey
Gianna
Caroline