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HelpRe: Top Ten Names In The UK
in reply to a message by EsmeLily
Freya, Oscar, and Florence are cool top 10 . Isla is pretty.
I like it a little more than the US list.
Also, how is Charlotte in the US top 10 but not British? Seems like it would be the reverse as it seems to be a very fancy British name.
I like it a little more than the US list.
Also, how is Charlotte in the US top 10 but not British? Seems like it would be the reverse as it seems to be a very fancy British name.
This message was edited 5/18/2024, 2:28 PM
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Check the popularity charts for Charlotte. Charlotte was in the top ten in England and Wales between 1996 and 2005. It didn't start to rise in the USA until 2000. There are many examples of names which rise on one side of the Atlantic a decade or two before they are noticed on the other side. Charlotte is an example of a name whose British popularity was exported to the USA, so that by the time it became really common in America it was going down in fashion in Britain. Jacob's an example of the opposite movement, reaching the USA top ten in 1993 but not making it to that level in England & Wales until 2011.
This message was edited 5/19/2024, 6:19 AM