International Name Trends

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Recently [name_f]Anna[/name_f] from Waltzing More Than [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] posted this:

Popular Here, There and Everywhere: International Name Trends

I was wondering if you were thinking about using any of these names would it affect your decision? Negative/Positive.

And what you found interesting about the article. Australia, it seems, is ahead of international trends. Although this is most likely because of our small population compared to the US and UK.

[emiliana]

The rise of [name_m]Braxton[/name_m] is truly remarkable. My friends nephew is a [name_m]Braxton[/name_m] but born in 2011. I’m really getting tired of [name_f]Emily[/name_f] though.

[charlieandperry1]

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[ottilie]

@charlieandperry1

And am I the only one that finds [name_m]Braxton[/name_m] really odd? [name_m]Braxton[/name_m] Hicks contractions?!

Nope, not the only one! I always have that thought when I see this name. And I agree with the other stuff you said as well ;).

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@charlieandperry1

I don’t really get how Australia is furthest ahead in international trends. [name_m]How[/name_m] do you measure that? These names are in our top 100 but not yours, therefore we’re ahead of the trends? We’re all ahead and behind each other in our respective trends and I think it’s very dependent on how names are perceived in the individual countries, for example: Country A might have Name X in its top 100 first, but that may be because in Countries B & C, Name X is seen as ridiculous/dated/offensive etc.

I get your point. Perhaps it would be best to ask [name_f]Anna[/name_f] (who wrote the blog) how she came to her conclusion.

[emiliana]

[name_m]Braxton[/name_m] is from home and away. Its the last name of the river boys who have quite a major role in the show.
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f] replied with this I hope it wasn’t too misleading saying Australia was most ahead of the trends – all three countries had names that were ahead and behind the trends.
But the names that were furthest ahead in the trends were [name_m]Archer[/name_m] and [name_f]Olive[/name_f], popular in Australia, and the names that were furthest behind the trends were [name_m]Gavin[/name_m] and [name_f]Kylie[/name_f], popular in the US.
Because we have the smallest population and the US has the largest, while the UK is in the middle, that seemed like the most obvious reason for the difference. And [name_m]New[/name_m] Zealand is smaller than us, and they are a bit further ahead in the trends than we are.
Sorry its so long I simply copied and pasted her response.