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Help[Opinions] Re: Top 20 England and Wales-Boys
in reply to a message by Canielle
I just think it's remarkable how little overlap there is now between England/Wales and the USA in the top names. There are only five male names (Oliver, Noah, Henry, Jacob, and William) that are on both lists for 2020.
The use of diminutives ending in -ie as official forms for boys is a big difference between English and American culture. I think most Americans will be very surprised to see Archie, Charlie, Freddie, and Alfie in the top 20 in England.
Different sets of immigrants of course figure in to this, with Muhammad in England vs. Mateo in the USA showing how Muslims are a much bigger community in England and Hispanics much more important in the USA. Lucas, Alexander, Michael, Daniel, and Sebastian also probably get some help from the Hispanic population in the USA in terms of the American top 20.
Theodore is booming in the USA and will surely be in our top 20 soon. Theo and Leo are also rising swiftly in America.
Arthur is rising more slowly in the USA. It may possibly be the next Henry here -- a name which is initially much more popular with college-educated parents and which slowly keeps rising for 25 years or so before it finally breaks into the top ten.
The use of diminutives ending in -ie as official forms for boys is a big difference between English and American culture. I think most Americans will be very surprised to see Archie, Charlie, Freddie, and Alfie in the top 20 in England.
Different sets of immigrants of course figure in to this, with Muhammad in England vs. Mateo in the USA showing how Muslims are a much bigger community in England and Hispanics much more important in the USA. Lucas, Alexander, Michael, Daniel, and Sebastian also probably get some help from the Hispanic population in the USA in terms of the American top 20.
Theodore is booming in the USA and will surely be in our top 20 soon. Theo and Leo are also rising swiftly in America.
Arthur is rising more slowly in the USA. It may possibly be the next Henry here -- a name which is initially much more popular with college-educated parents and which slowly keeps rising for 25 years or so before it finally breaks into the top ten.
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I selfishly hope Leo doesn't break into the top ten, I want to use it and don't want the poor kid to be one of a sea of them in his classes if "he" exists someday XD though it would be short for Leonardo which is slightly further down the list. It kind of frustrates me how popular it is getting, particularly because for me it would be an honoring name. (Not that it gives me more right or anything of course, I'm just venting I suppose) but it's been rising so much I don't doubt it'll break the top ten eventually for at least a few years.
This message was edited 10/19/2021, 2:18 PM
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