I found a list of England's top 100 boy and girl names of 2008. Thought it would be interesting to look at the similaries and differences.

Top 100 Baby Names 2008

Their top boys (standings on our chart in parentheses):
1) Jack (39)
2) Oliver (118)
3) Harry (644)
4) Alfie (not on ours)
5) Charlie (307)
6) Thomas (52)
7) Joshua (4)
8) Daniel (5)
9) James (17)
10) William (8)

Our top boys (if they're in England's top 100, the rank is in parentheses):
1) Jacob (20)
2) Michael (56)
3) Ethan (14)
4) Joshua (7)
5) Daniel (5)
6) Alexander (31)
7) Anthony (not in their top 100)
8) William (10)
9) Christopher (90)
10) Matthew (26)

Their top girls:
1) Olivia (6)
2) Ruby (113)
3) Grace (21)
4) Emily (3)
5) Jessica (59)
6) Sophie (74)
7) Chloe (10)
8) Lily (24)
9) Mia (14)
10) Lucy (112)

Our top girls:
1) Emma (24)
2) Isabella (27)
3) Emily (4)
4) Madison (51)
5) Ava (20)
6) Olivia (1)
7) Sophia (38)
8) Abigail (30)
9) Elizabeth (50)
10) Chloe (7)


Freya is number 26 for England
Poppy is 31 (there ya go *coach*)
Niamh is 61
Lydia is 80 (*PinkSunset*, don't move to England! )

[Momtothe6thpower]

Nothing too different. I'm kinda surprised about Alfie, but it's cute. I see it as a nickname though.

I think Freya is such a pretty name!!

[mrscheriezach]

ha i like Alfie, maybe cause it reminds me of the movie lol

[Gaby&Emmy'sMama]

interesting.. I think they are similar-ish to NZ's top 100

[Gaby&Emmy'sMama]

interesting.. I think they are similar-ish to NZ's top 100

quite similar to nz, i think

[Londa]

I think it's interesting that many of their boy top 10 are names I would consider nicknamish (Alfie, Charlie, Harry) I don't think Alfie will ever catch on in the US

Their girls names tend to end in the -ee sound and ours in the -ah -uh sound.
Very interesting. I don't think we wil be seeing a bunch of Poppys here either. I think our high % of Spanish speakers would find that to be a really odd name.

And no I won't be moving to England anytime soon. Lydia is just to darn popular there.

[Melanie.]

Thank god, Audrey and Jane aren't in either top ten.

[Bea]

very interesting.. thanks for the list

that's cool! thanks for putting that together

[carlyheartsphil]

I really like Alfie too but DH doesnt and I don't think it really works here in the US. I'm surprised Jessica is so popular over there now since it seems to have fizzled out here (I was surprised how long it was popular here.. I thought it was only popular in the 80s until I went and looked it up).

[MommaOnCloud9]

I like/love most of their list.

[wanting#2]

I was surprised to find their name list not much different than ours. But then again I was surprised by the differences too (Alfie )

[L.C.]

I prefer more of the names in Englands top ten then in the US list.

[Mama.Angie]

Originally Posted by L.C.

I prefer more of the names in Englands top ten then in the US list.

[vivi_mama]

I <3 the name Alfie, but I think that's because it's what we all call my fiance. His full name is Alfredo and he is hispanic, not English, lol.

Very cool. I've always had a guilty pleasure for Harry. No one I know likes it....but the Brits do