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I like:
Zachary not Zara
William not Willow
Thea not Theodore
Roman not Rosie
Patrick and Poppy
Olivia not Oliver
Nancy not Noah
Leo and Lily
Freya not Freddie
Emily not Edward

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You can keep the rest all together.

Seeing Xander as the top X name surprised me - turns out it's five places above Xavier (the top masculine X name in the U.S.). I'm not sure why "nicknames as first names" strikes me as odd in Great Britain... maybe it's all those historical romances / period pieces that present a more refined façade.

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Harry's popularity also seems dubious to me. Outside of Harry Potter, Harry is quite a dated name in the U.S. It's not even a "Dad name" anymore so much as a "Grandpa name." But in the U.K. (and I think England in particular), it's trendy!

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Freya is trending upward in the U.S., and I wonder if its popularity will surpass that of Faith in a couple years.

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Muhammad is the most popular transliteration of the name in the U.S., but we have other variants that also chart: Mohammad, Mohamed, Mohammed... Interestingly, Muhammed also charts in the U.K. (138), but not in the U.S. Yusuf is also the highest-charting Y name in the U.S., but it's much further down the popularity list. (Umar & Yusra don't even chart). Reading these stats almost makes me want to ask if the U.S. is really as "diverse" as people think, but then I notice that Uriel, Ximena, and Yaretzi from that list are all names usually used by Hispanic / Latinx families.

Bonnie, Nancy, and Vinnie surprise me.