US vs. UK Baby Names 2025: The Biggest Top Differences Visualized

(namedaisy.com)

10 points by xoobdev1 hour ago

5 comments

tobylane57 minutes ago
I'd like to know whether names are popular because of their theme, eg biblical, or a famous namesake. Parents aren't asked, so there's no real data.
- spwa451 minutes ago
  The top one in the UK is Muhammad. Do you really have to ask?
  - karmakurtisaani22 minutes ago
    That's just one of the names and doesn't give a very good overall picture.
    - WithinReason8 minutes ago
      It's three of the names
Schlagbohrer1 hour ago
Not as many Kieliegh or Braieghlinn as I feared
jedbrooke48 minutes ago
Sorry to be the guy on HN complaining about scrolljacking on the article, but this has to be one of the worst I’ve seen. Text is cut off near the bottom of the description, but if I scroll down to see it, it jumps to the next “slide” and I am unable to read it :(<p>(on a iphone 11)
- xoobdev42 minutes ago
  Ah thanks for letting me know, this is the first time I've tried a scrolling UI (I'm not usually a fan) so have some work to do on getting that right
jpfromlondon51 minutes ago
what surprises and annoys me is Briton's willingness to name their children shortened versions of existing names, it's lazy, so many Archies and Alfies, ugh.
- wdutch42 minutes ago
  I also have an aversion to this. But I'm not sure how you conclude that it's lazy?
- drcongo14 minutes ago
  The #23 boys name in the US is John.
  - roryirvine8 minutes ago
    And #15 is Jack, so the US also does this.<p>(Mind you, the UK is still worse - Jack is #19 but John isn't even on the list)
codeduck1 hour ago
why are you resubmitting something you submitted 78 days ago?
- xoobdev1 hour ago
  It's on the same site (I'm the creator of the site), but it's a totally separate blog post that I made this week