How British Is My Name?

4:15 pm EST June 6th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Very.

Thomas was third with 5,921 names, with Joshua and Oliver rounding out the top five.

#5. I don’t think Oliver even cracks the top 500 here in the USA.

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5 Responses to “How British Is My Name?”

  1. mdhawk says:
    June 6, 2007 at 4:29 pm

    According to the Social Security Administration, in 2006 Oliver was the 173rd most popular name, up from 209 in 2005.

    You’re on the way up.

    http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

  2. Nimrod Gently says:
    June 6, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    Oliver is a very British name. Our only head of state who wasn’t a monarch (unless you count his son, and no-one does) was called that. Didn’t realise it was getting popular again though.

    My own name is always in the top ten. Common as anything.

  3. mambochicken23 says:
    June 6, 2007 at 5:30 pm

    It’s really interesting to see that Mohammed is rapidly becoming the most popular boy’s name in Britain. Can anyone here fathom that in the U.S.?

  4. locus says:
    June 7, 2007 at 10:13 am

    I was surprised to learn that my son’s name, Malcolm, didn’t even make the top 100. It’s a very British (or at least Scottish) name.

  5. jerry says:
    June 7, 2007 at 10:22 am

    What a great link, mdhawk! You now owe me 30 minutes!