With the release of the US's top 1000, I thought it was time to bring this back: the most popular names in the English-speaking world released for 2007.
Countries/stats used: England & Wales, Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia), New Zealand, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia), Northern Ireland, Scotland and USA. I couldn't find 2007 stats for the other 'English speaking' areas (eg Republic of Ireland).
This is the first top 20 list, and does not include the mammoth influence of the USA, full stats here:
| JACK |
| JOSHUA |
| THOMAS |
| WILLIAM |
| DANIEL |
| JAMES |
| OLIVER |
| ETHAN |
| SAMUEL |
| RYAN |
| MATTHEW |
| BENJAMIN |
| JACOB |
| HARRY |
| CHARLIE |
| ALEXANDER |
| LIAM |
| DYLAN |
| TYLER |
Now Jack had over 6500 births in England (most number of births of the countries not including USA), and ended up with approximately 11500 births, 2000 more than the rest. The highest ranking name not in the English list is Lachlan at #61 with 1983 births.
For the 'including US' list, I added all names up to the top 50 and names previously mentioned in other countries' popularity lists, with more than 500 instances. Giving:
| JOSHUA |
| JACOB |
| ETHAN |
| DANIEL |
| WILLIAM |
| MICHAEL |
| MATTHEW |
| ALEXANDER |
| JAMES |
| JACK |
| RYAN |
| CHRISTOPHER |
| JOSEPH |
| NOAH |
| Anthony |
| ANDREW |
| SAMUEL |
| DAVID |
| BENJAMIN |
1) Jacob is not on top! The US's popular name is not the English speaking world's most popular name. Joshua ranks in 4th in the US, but it's world popularity propels it to the top.
2) Jack is pushed down to #11 by a proportionally small number of American's choosing this name.
3) Other non-US entries to this top 20 are:
Samuel and Benjamin
Just a few other lists: Australia's combined top 20:
| JACK |
| JOSHUA |
| THOMAS |
| Lachlan |
| WILLIAM |
| ETHAN |
| Cooper |
| SAMUEL |
| RYAN |
| JAMES |
| RILEY |
| NOAH |
| OLIVER |
| DANIEL |
| LUCAS |
| BENJAMIN |
| LIAM |
| ALEXANDER |
| JACOB |
Canada's combined top 20 (not including Quebec, or other areas that did not provide 07 data):
| ETHAN |
| MATTHEW |
| JACOB |
| JOSHUA |
| RYAN |
| ALEXANDER |
| BENJAMIN |
| OWEN |
| DANIEL |
| NOAH |
| LIAM |
| NATHAN |
| WILLIAM |
| Nicholas |
| LUCAS |
| LOGAN |
| SAMUEL |
| JACK |
| MICHAEL |
And the UK (combing England & Wales, Scotland and N Ireland):
| JACK |
| THOMAS |
| OLIVER |
| JOSHUA |
| DANIEL |
| HARRY |
| JAMES |
| CHARLIE |
| WILLIAM |
| ALFIE |
| LEWIS |
| SAMUEL |
| JOSEPH |
| GEORGE |
| ETHAN |
| BENJAMIN |
| DYLAN |
| MATTHEW |
| RYAN |
More statistical versions of these lists can be found here
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