So I just looked at the [name]California[/name] list and it’s totally typical. I see all of those names all the time, and they are the names of most of the kids I went to school with, with a few exceptions. My biggest surprise was [name]Delilah[/name] being #85, I think that’s the only name on the list that I haven’t run into at least once. I’m really not a fan of the list at all.
What about your state? Is it what you expected?
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Here ya go!
I’ve lived everywhere, currently in NC. [name]Emma[/name] is #1 and [name]Isabella[/name] is #3
In [name]Colorado[/name] [name]Isabella[/name] and [name]Alexander[/name] are #1. [name]Jack[/name] is #15, which isnt surprising, and sadly [name]Julian[/name] #52 
The good news is that [name]Jayden[/name] is all the way down at #28. Go CO!
I’m in [name]Texas[/name], and on the boys side, [name]Jose[/name] comes in at number 1, with [name]Daniel[/name] at 2, and [name]Jacob[/name] at 3. This isn’t really surprising to me. On the girls side there are some really interesting ones in the top 100: [name]Fernanda[/name], [name]Camila[/name], [name]Gabriela[/name], and [name]Giselle[/name]. I think the [name]Texas[/name] list has some really nice variety, especially with our large Hispanic population.
[name]Arizona[/name]'s makes me vomit. [name]Jesus[/name], #15?!?! [name]Nevaeh[/name] #30?! [name]Genesis[/name], [name]Serenity[/name] & [name]Destiny[/name]- #s 62, 63, & 66 respectively. Oh, [name]Arizona[/name], you make it easy to wish I didn’t live in your boundaries!
I’m in [name]Arizona[/name], too (hi, Emrasmus!). [name]Jacob[/name] and [name]Isabella[/name] are #1… no surprise there. [name]Don[/name]'t be sad, [name]Leah[/name]-- [name]Julian[/name] is all the way up at #19 here! On the bright side, we only have three of the -aydens (hey, it beats the national five). And no [name]Henry[/name]! Seems like we have a lot of Hispanic choices…
[name]Jayden[/name] is #2 in South [name]Carolina[/name]. NUMBER 2!!! That is so disappointing…
The girls side is a little less depressing. The first -aylee name is #22 with [name]Kaylee[/name].
We live in RI. I was shocked at our state’s list. Mostly, the boys.
1: [name]Anthony[/name]/[name]Isabella[/name]
2: [name]Jayden[/name]/[name]Olivia[/name]
3: [name]Logan[/name]/[name]Sophia[/name]
4: [name]Jacob[/name]/[name]Ava[/name]
5: [name]Michael[/name]/[name]Emma[/name]
6: [name]Aiden[/name]/[name]Abigail[/name]
7: [name]Joseph[/name]/[name]Madison[/name]
8: [name]Joshua[/name]/[name]Mia[/name]
9: [name]Matthew[/name]/[name]Emily[/name]
10: [name]Benjamin[/name]/[name]Gabriella[/name]
Oh and in [name]Wyoming[/name], where my mom lives, [name]Wyatt[/name] is the #1 boys’ name. Weird!
[name]Hi[/name], [name]Cecily[/name]! =P We [name]DO[/name] have a lot of Hispanic choices, and I really do hear them since I volunteer at elementary schools!
I live in Puerto [name]Rico[/name] (a territory, not technically a state) and the number one name for girls is [name]Alondra[/name]. It has become very popular here. The second most popular is [name]Mia[/name] followed by [name]Valeria[/name] and several spellings of [name]Camila[/name]. But I’m pretty sure [name]Isabella[/name] is rising here. I am a medical student and in my rotations I see alot of babies and there are alot of Isabellas and Adriannas.
It isn’t surprising that the [name]California[/name] list is similar to the national one. It also wouldn’t be surprising for [name]Texas[/name] and New [name]York[/name] to be as well. The three states are a combined fourth of the US population, so I imagine that we drive the national list to a large extent.
What I found interesting in the [name]Texas[/name] data was that the boys’ names on the top 100 list that aren’t on the national list are largely indicative of the Hispanic population:
[name]Alejandro[/name], [name]Santiago[/name], [name]Eduardo[/name], [name]Victor[/name], [name]Jorge[/name], [name]Joel[/name], [name]Damian[/name], [name]Ricardo[/name], [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Leonardo[/name], [name]Fernando[/name], [name]Ivan[/name], [name]Francisco[/name], [name]Javier[/name], [name]Jesse[/name], [name]Edgar[/name], [name]Alan[/name], [name]Andres[/name]
The girl’s names that are Top 100 in [name]Texas[/name] but not on the national Top 100 aren’t.
[name]Daniela[/name], [name]Natalia[/name], [name]Jennifer[/name], [name]Stephanie[/name], [name]Giselle[/name], [name]Valerie[/name], [name]Michelle[/name], [name]Miranda[/name], [name]Leslie[/name], [name]Liliana[/name], [name]Amy[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Gabriela[/name], [name]Angela[/name], [name]Fernanda[/name], [name]Jacqueline[/name], [name]Briana[/name]
Equally interesting are the names Texans just aren’t warming up to (or else are so over by now):
Boys:
[name]Liam[/name], [name]Owen[/name], [name]Chase[/name], [name]Henry[/name], [name]Brody[/name], [name]Dominic[/name], [name]Cole[/name], [name]Cooper[/name], [name]Carson[/name], [name]Blake[/name], [name]Eli[/name], [name]Colton[/name], [name]Brian[/name], [name]Parker[/name], [name]Sean[/name], [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Kyle[/name]
Girls:
[name]Amelia[/name], [name]Autumn[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Claire[/name], [name]Eva[/name], [name]Gabrielle[/name], [name]Gianna[/name], [name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Julia[/name], [name]Mackenzie[/name], [name]Maya[/name], [name]Molly[/name], [name]Morgan[/name], [name]Mya[/name], [name]Paige[/name], [name]Payton[/name], [name]Rachel[/name]
Aside from names not making mutual lists, there are also some significant popularity differences:
[name]Anna[/name], [name]Riley[/name], [name]Lillian[/name], [name]Grace[/name], [name]Lily[/name] are all much more popular nationally for girls than they are in [name]Texas[/name] (ranking 43, 42, 40, 34 and 34 positions lower in [name]Texas[/name] than in the US. On the flip side, we’re more fond of [name]Andrea[/name], [name]Genesis[/name], [name]Valeria[/name], [name]Camila[/name], [name]Melanie[/name] in the [name]Lone[/name] [name]Star[/name] State (47, 53, 55, 56, and 59 spots higher here than in the US at large.)
On the boy’s team, [name]Lucas[/name], [name]Carter[/name], [name]Connor[/name], [name]Tyler[/name], [name]Jack[/name], [name]Thomas[/name] are all at least 35 positions more popular elswhere in the US than they are here, while we have [name]Diego[/name], [name]Carlos[/name], [name]Miguel[/name], [name]Juan[/name], [name]Jesus[/name] at 45+ positions more popular here.
That’s a fascinating trend to me, how much the Hispanic population influences the boy’s list, but it isn’t noticeable on the girls. It would suggest that Hispanic boys are being given more traditional names, while the Hispanic girls’ name pool must be expanding. Very much mirrors the trend in US name pools, where boys’ names tend to have more staying power.
I was so fascinated by what I found in [name]Texas[/name] data that I ran the other border states and right away noticed something the border states had in common-- [name]Jacob[/name] wasn’t top in any of our #1 picks. So I thought it must be coming from New [name]York[/name]. Nope. [name]Nor[/name] [name]Florida[/name] nor Illinois nor Pennsylvania.
[name]Jacob[/name], while the most popular boy’s name in the US, is only the most popular name in seven states ([name]Arizona[/name], Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, [name]Missouri[/name], Ohio, [name]West[/name] [name]Virginia[/name]) It isn’t even the top 5 of fourteen others (Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Dist. of [name]Columbia[/name], [name]Georgia[/name], [name]Hawaii[/name], [name]Louisiana[/name], Maryland, Mississippi, [name]Montana[/name], New [name]Jersey[/name], New [name]York[/name], South [name]Dakota[/name], [name]Vermont[/name])
So how’d it make it to the top of the stack nationally? A divided majority. Apparently, being #3 in [name]Texas[/name] and Illinois and #4 in [name]California[/name] and [name]Florida[/name] is enough to propel it to the top, especially since the top names in each of those states is different.
#1 Boys names:
[name]California[/name]: [name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Florida[/name]: [name]Jayden[/name]
Illinois: [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Texas[/name]: [name]Jose[/name]
And to round out the list, New [name]York[/name], where [name]Jacob[/name] didn’t even make the top 5, has [name]Michael[/name] in the top spot.
So what about the girls?
Much more agreement. 21 States list [name]Isabella[/name] as the top name: (Alaska, [name]Arizona[/name], [name]California[/name], [name]Colorado[/name], Connecticut, Delaware, [name]Florida[/name], [name]Hawaii[/name], Illinois, [name]Nevada[/name], New [name]Jersey[/name], New Mexico, New [name]York[/name], Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, [name]Texas[/name], [name]Virginia[/name], [name]Washington[/name], [name]Wyoming[/name])
She isn’t in the top five in DC, Mississippi or [name]Utah[/name].
All in all, seven girls’ names were #1 in at least one of the states: [name]Addison[/name], [name]Allison[/name], [name]Ava[/name], [name]Emma[/name], [name]Isabella[/name], [name]Madison[/name], [name]Olivia[/name]. Fourteen boys’ names were number one somewhere in the US: [name]Aiden[/name], [name]Alexander[/name], [name]Anthony[/name], [name]Daniel[/name], [name]Ethan[/name], [name]Jacob[/name], [name]Jayden[/name], [name]Jose[/name], [name]Logan[/name], [name]Michael[/name], [name]Noah[/name], [name]Ryan[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Hi[/name], [name]Cecily[/name]! =P We [name]DO[/name] have a lot of Hispanic choices, and I really do hear them since I volunteer at elementary schools![/quote]
Yup-- I’ve heard most of these on elementary-age children, though I have yet to meet a little [name]Miguel[/name], [name]Eduardo[/name], [name]Manuel[/name], or [name]Camila[/name]. 
The WI list is surprising-- a lot of it is yucky tryndeighness ([name]Nevaeh[/name] at #29!!), but there are a few gems:
[name]Josephine[/name], #82
[name]Lydia[/name], #37
[name]Julia[/name], #59
[name]Naomi[/name], #86
[name]Nora[/name], #69
I was surprised to see [name]Carter[/name] at #9 and [name]Mason[/name] at #5 for the boys… not a fan of either!