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I get very annoyed when I read name lists of 'British baby names' that have been gathered by Americans from the Torygraph announcement columns. They tend to not reflect real life. So, I decided to compile my own lists, and I'm putting them here to remember where I left them.
Edit: the 2009 names data is available!
The latest stats for England & Wales are 2008, so I've used the 2008 data for both countries.
These are the boy names that feature in the top 100 of England and Wales, but not the top 1000 in the US, and their England & Wales ranking:
Alfie (6)
Archie (31)
Harvey (34)
Theo (58)
Freddie (60)
Finlay (61)
Louie (93)
Ewan (95)
Zak (100)
These are the girl names that feature in the top 100 of Englang and Wales, but not the top 1000 in the US, and their England & Wales ranking:
Millie (24)
Freya (27)
Poppy (29)
Imogen (33)
Isobel (58)
Maisy (63)
Rosie (66)
Niamh (70)
Harriet (81)
Hollie (87)
Tilly (93)
Florence (94)
Maryam (99)
Esme (100)
( and now the names that made the top 100 in England & Wales but not in the US )
So, what does that all mean?
I find it utterly astonishing that three of the top ten girls names in England and Wales (Ruby at number 2, Lily at number 8 and Evie at number 10) don't make the US top 100. I guess there isn't as much shared culture/overlap as I thought.
There are some names that make the top 100 for boys in England and Wales, but not the US, that make the girls list there (Morgan, Taylor, Bailey). There are some names that used to be more popular in th US, that are waning in popularity now (Harrison, Courtney). I am wondering where all the American Muslims are -even most popular spelling Mohamed was at #430.
Overall, though, the main thing that catches my eye is that there are a lot of diminutives on that list (Alfie, Archie, Theo, Millie, Rosie, Tilly). I've been very surprised since having Judith the number of people who are suprised that Judy is a diminutive of Judith, for example... I think English people compartmentalise more, maybe.
Anyway, I hope at least one of you found that interesting.
Edit: the 2009 names data is available!
The latest stats for England & Wales are 2008, so I've used the 2008 data for both countries.
These are the boy names that feature in the top 100 of England and Wales, but not the top 1000 in the US, and their England & Wales ranking:
Alfie (6)
Archie (31)
Harvey (34)
Theo (58)
Freddie (60)
Finlay (61)
Louie (93)
Ewan (95)
Zak (100)
These are the girl names that feature in the top 100 of Englang and Wales, but not the top 1000 in the US, and their England & Wales ranking:
Millie (24)
Freya (27)
Poppy (29)
Imogen (33)
Isobel (58)
Maisy (63)
Rosie (66)
Niamh (70)
Harriet (81)
Hollie (87)
Tilly (93)
Florence (94)
Maryam (99)
Esme (100)
( and now the names that made the top 100 in England & Wales but not in the US )
So, what does that all mean?
I find it utterly astonishing that three of the top ten girls names in England and Wales (Ruby at number 2, Lily at number 8 and Evie at number 10) don't make the US top 100. I guess there isn't as much shared culture/overlap as I thought.
There are some names that make the top 100 for boys in England and Wales, but not the US, that make the girls list there (Morgan, Taylor, Bailey). There are some names that used to be more popular in th US, that are waning in popularity now (Harrison, Courtney). I am wondering where all the American Muslims are -even most popular spelling Mohamed was at #430.
Overall, though, the main thing that catches my eye is that there are a lot of diminutives on that list (Alfie, Archie, Theo, Millie, Rosie, Tilly). I've been very surprised since having Judith the number of people who are suprised that Judy is a diminutive of Judith, for example... I think English people compartmentalise more, maybe.
Anyway, I hope at least one of you found that interesting.
