Most of these are diminutives of European or Hebrew names. Some of them are straight up just Hebrew names.
Unbeautiful.
Bubba. I thought that was a nickname or something. There are people with the actual given name Bubba? Sounds like uniquely Alabama.
A lot of these are stripper names.
I see a lot of stripper names in there. Sorry Lexi
Turns out the American Nightmare is uniquely American.
I guess this post will be removed for not including a direct link to data or explaining any methodology, but I’m curious about it.
The Gini index? Did you control for population sizes? I assume the US is massively overrepresented in facebook, which would make any name that is somewhat popular in the US appear to be “highly concentrated”.
Tierra and Sierra are Spanish.
I guess Brittany wins for female names, which makes sense. I think everyone probably knows at least 1 Brittney.
You really think Brittany is uniquely American?
Brandi, Brooke, Brittany, Brittney and Breanna
This is just a list of names in Louisiana
Chuck? Where’s Chip and Biff?
Names given mostly in the US ≠ uniquely American
I think these are millennial/alpha names. There are only three girls names and one boys name that I recognize from my graduating class.
Brandi is such an American classic
Wait, was it any of those names with a ‘-Lynn’ after it?
Are there really kids who are just named “Chuck” and it’s not short for Charles?
I swear I’ve never seen the name Tierra before but it doesn’t surprise me it’s not popular abroad. I mean it’s not popular here. I feel like there should be a minimum domestic usage standards to even make the list.
And I bet biblical names like Zachary, Micah, etc have their local popular versions in countries too
Tierra? People are naming their kids like the planet or dirt from the ground? What’s next, Barro?
Demetrius is an ancient name and it is certainly not uniquely American
The left column looks like an all-star lineup at Diamond’s Gentlemen’s Club
These are mostly really white names. What happened to African American names?
The girl list reminds me of the scene in Ted where he’s rattling off white trash names, and then eventually asks if it was any of those with “-Lynn” at the end of it.
Read the source in the bottom left corner guys lol
Ethan to me is very American 🇺🇸
The female column reads like that scene from Ted.
I was in Poland getting ready to leave after a visit to Auschwitz and some Brits struck up a conversation with me and asked my name and I told them it was Cody. Their response: What an American name. I still think about it often and what it exactly meant but I guess it was just straight facts 🤷🏼
If there is such a thing as “straight facts” from a Facebook source
I feel Micah has become somewhat tarnished as of late.
There are no British Cody’s? I’m having a hard time believing that.
That’s just list of ponstar names.
The male list seems reverse order.
I am positive I have met atleast 15 Matthews and as many Brandons
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Most of these are diminutives of European or Hebrew names. Some of them are straight up just Hebrew names.
Unbeautiful.
Bubba. I thought that was a nickname or something. There are people with the actual given name Bubba? Sounds like uniquely Alabama.
A lot of these are stripper names.
I see a lot of stripper names in there. Sorry Lexi
Turns out the American Nightmare is uniquely American.
I guess this post will be removed for not including a direct link to data or explaining any methodology, but I’m curious about it.
The Gini index? Did you control for population sizes? I assume the US is massively overrepresented in facebook, which would make any name that is somewhat popular in the US appear to be “highly concentrated”.
Tierra and Sierra are Spanish.
I guess Brittany wins for female names, which makes sense. I think everyone probably knows at least 1 Brittney.
You really think Brittany is uniquely American?
Brandi, Brooke, Brittany, Brittney and Breanna
This is just a list of names in Louisiana
Chuck? Where’s Chip and Biff?
Names given mostly in the US ≠ uniquely American
I think these are millennial/alpha names. There are only three girls names and one boys name that I recognize from my graduating class.
Brandi is such an American classic
Wait, was it any of those names with a ‘-Lynn’ after it?
Are there really kids who are just named “Chuck” and it’s not short for Charles?
I swear I’ve never seen the name Tierra before but it doesn’t surprise me it’s not popular abroad. I mean it’s not popular here. I feel like there should be a minimum domestic usage standards to even make the list.
And I bet biblical names like Zachary, Micah, etc have their local popular versions in countries too
Tierra? People are naming their kids like the planet or dirt from the ground? What’s next, Barro?
Demetrius is an ancient name and it is certainly not uniquely American
The left column looks like an all-star lineup at Diamond’s Gentlemen’s Club
These are mostly really white names. What happened to African American names?
The girl list reminds me of the scene in Ted where he’s rattling off white trash names, and then eventually asks if it was any of those with “-Lynn” at the end of it.
Read the source in the bottom left corner guys lol
Ethan to me is very American 🇺🇸
The female column reads like that scene from Ted.
I was in Poland getting ready to leave after a visit to Auschwitz and some Brits struck up a conversation with me and asked my name and I told them it was Cody. Their response: What an American name. I still think about it often and what it exactly meant but I guess it was just straight facts 🤷🏼
If there is such a thing as “straight facts” from a Facebook source
I feel Micah has become somewhat tarnished as of late.
There are no British Cody’s? I’m having a hard time believing that.
That’s just list of ponstar names.
The male list seems reverse order.
I am positive I have met atleast 15 Matthews and as many Brandons
Tierra is not uniquely American.