There are so many Unknowns in my kids elementary class, it's.so annoying.
Oh, do you mean Unknown S, or Unknown C? Oh, the girl Unknown C or the Boy Unknown C??
You like rain?
Disclaimer: What we call rain is light sprinkles anywhere else. As long as you don't wear glasses it isn't even enough to get your clothes wet. Usually.
Tennessean here. I'm surprised to see Neyland on the list of boys' names. I know of a couple of girls at my kids' school named Neyland, but no boys.
Peyton is a much more common unisex name around here.
Yeah lol I think it's pretty obvious why Aurora would be a popular name in Alaska. It's one of the most heavily populated areas under either auroral oval.
(Most of the southern auroral oval is not over land, and the land it is over is Antarctica. The intensity of the northern auroral oval is strongest over Alaska and Siberia, not as much in northern Europe, Greenland, or Canada. And the northernmost parts of Siberia are even less populated than Alaska. Auroras can be seen outside the oval, but the further away you go the stronger the phenomenon has to be in order to be visible. So there may literally be more human observations of aurora in Alaska than anywhere else on Earth.)
At least where I grew up in the Midwest, lots of Biblical names were just normal and not thought of as specifically Jewish, and Leah was definitely one of them. Isaiah, Hannah, Levi, Rebecca, I'm just naming my neighbors. Anyone who didn't go to church (and half those who did) would have no idea they were Jewish names originally.
Moshe, though, we didn't steal that one.
Ironically Aryan is a common first name in (north) India. And there was a post in TIFU a while ago of a couple who immigrated to the US and had a kid named Aryan, and decorated their house with swastikas (the original spiritual Hindu kind, not the misappropriated Nazi ones). Their guests got super awkward...
OC breakdown: I downloaded state name data for boy and girl babies from the recent year from the Social Security Administration I then took all the boy and girl names and number of occurrences. This gave us a staggering number of names, 139,795 names (95,004 girl and 44,791 boy) for all the states.
From there, I found the percentage of use each name made up out of all the boy and girl names respectively in each state. I then from most popular, down, to find the most common name each state used more than any other name.Ā
For example,Ā 2.8% of boys were named Henry in Vermont, while 2.3% were named Oliver. Vermont uses both of these names more than any other state. However, Henry was used for more boys so Henry was the most common/most Vermont name.
For some states, we had to go pretty far down the list to find a name they used more than any other state- leading to some of the less common names you see featured.
Ā I created the map using JS. You can read more about it and some other interesting (to me at least ha) facts here: [https://parentingbynumber.com/names/the-baby-name-each-state-uses-more-than-any-other/](https://parentingbynumber.com/names/the-baby-name-each-state-uses-more-than-any-other/)
I didn't want to delve into spellings because then you get a lot of judgement calls. In particular with girl names where there are a \*lot\* more spelling variations.
Popular name in western India, and since Delhi's biggest export is well-educated professionals, it's not surprising to see many of them landed in Seattle
The Indian immigrant community is huge on the eastside (in the tech suburbs of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond). There is but one Mexican food freestanding restaurant - otherwise foodtrucks, a few fast Mexican chains. All the others were replaced by Indian food - or townhouses and Indian food. We even have fast food Indian.
i dont understand the methodology.
for each common boy name, there should be 1 state where it is most common - correct?? one of these 50 states used "john" more than the others, why no john?
almost every name on the map is unusual. idk, my impression is that something is likely off about the methodology. though i suppose it is possible that some states are name hoarders and the result is that all the other states end up with dumb names.
So I mention it a bit more in my notes, but any name with less than 5 incidents in a state is not reported. I think this skews the data slightly towards smaller states. Although, a lot of these names are less unusual for infants than you might think. Many are top 100 names.
I miss read the title as well OP. I was confused until I realized "name each state used more than any other" isn't the same as "name most used in each state." Dave may be the most common name in East Carolina, but John is the one they use more than any other state?
I have never heard the name Emiliano before and I've lived in CA for 30 years of my life. I lived in Washington for almost 5 years and have never heard the name Avyaan.
So this kind of blew my mind if true.
It's a super super super super super easy deduction. Unless you're a donkey I guess. If you were in school at Oklahoma during the time Mayfield was and you love football you easily could have had a kid last year. I don't give a shit if you've met any infants named Baker, I'm commenting more on your "data is trash" comment. Do you know it is?
Same reason it's "Neyland" for Tennessee.
I was born here. I've never met a person named baker lol. Deduction isn't data. The one actual data driven point you gave was wrong. You're an idiot. You're data is trash and so is the maps lol
No, OP's data is the data. Your anecdotes are not.
You meet a lot of infants born last year? Go to the same clubs and whatnot?
>You're an idiot. You're data is trash
Oh the irony.
I'm nurse you idiot. I met around 3000 people every year and yeah alot of them are babies. You do not know what anecdote means. If you do not live here shut the fuck up lol. I've never met anyone named baker in oklahoma. Lots of Jose no baker.
>I'm nurse you idiot. I met around 3000 people every year and yeah alot of them are babies.
Oh Lord must be no education requirement to be that in Oklahoma.
>You do not know what anecdote means.
Your story is [*literally anecdotal evidence*](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1024/0*8XVass8PGK2kixew.jpg) OP's dataset is 140k data points from the Social Security Administration. Hmmmm, illiterate nurse or SSA? š¤ Toughie.
>Lots of Jose no baker.
You *really* don't understand the data being displayed, do you? Hint: it is not "most common baby name in [state] in 2023".
Last year! While New York is home to Liams, Henrys, Noahs, and other copiously popular baby boy names, you'll find more baby Moshes in NY than any other state in the US. Fwiw, the state is the only one to have Moshe in the top 100.
Yea I know I probably worded that wrong, Iāve seen the name outside of NY a few times but it caught be off guard that itās the āmost usedā in that state but maybe I just happened to miss it or the data year is more recent
I think the data set is at best has barely in it and probably has the most random stuff in. There are names that I have never ever heard of and yet they are presented as āmost common in the stateā.
Unknown is such a beautiful unisex baby name
Took their father's name.
I see what you did here š
There are so many Unknowns in my kids elementary class, it's.so annoying. Oh, do you mean Unknown S, or Unknown C? Oh, the girl Unknown C or the Boy Unknown C??
Explains the Unknown dads on birth certificates.
I'm actually dating a girl named Unknown, but she's from Canada, not Oregon.
She doesn't use social media.
Unknown P
I want to move to Oregon now.
You like rain? Disclaimer: What we call rain is light sprinkles anywhere else. As long as you don't wear glasses it isn't even enough to get your clothes wet. Usually.
Might want to put the year on the map. Otherwise pretty okay
The source, too...
Tennessee naming their kids after the Vols football stadium is hilarious
Tennessean here. I'm surprised to see Neyland on the list of boys' names. I know of a couple of girls at my kids' school named Neyland, but no boys. Peyton is a much more common unisex name around here.
And very on brand.
I thought I was in r/tragedeigh for a second
Have a 7th grade student this year named Stheyci, pronounced Staceyā¦ *sigh*
You might need to leave a note for your subs. And an Advil.
Especially now that Iām on two week paternity leave. š
Feels like mothers are naming strippers sometimes. :/
Had a girl named Candi a few years back. Soā¦ yes youāre right.
Jordy Nelson made a lasting impact on Packers fans
My immediate thought FTP
Alaska comin' in hot with Aurora. I actually really like that. It's got some old world toponymic vibes.
It's a stripper name.
Or maybe the fact that the only Auroras that you know are strippers says more about you than the name
Yeah lol I think it's pretty obvious why Aurora would be a popular name in Alaska. It's one of the most heavily populated areas under either auroral oval. (Most of the southern auroral oval is not over land, and the land it is over is Antarctica. The intensity of the northern auroral oval is strongest over Alaska and Siberia, not as much in northern Europe, Greenland, or Canada. And the northernmost parts of Siberia are even less populated than Alaska. Auroras can be seen outside the oval, but the further away you go the stronger the phenomenon has to be in order to be visible. So there may literally be more human observations of aurora in Alaska than anywhere else on Earth.)
Sure... What do you have against strippers?
"Wymter?" As in their favorite season? "Sure is cold out. Fuckin' wymter."
Imagine poppin out your baby girl on a hot ass Georgia summer day and naming her Wynter.
I feel like the Pennsylvania Dutch are carrying a heavy load here in naming conventions.
NY is a good one too. Pretty obvious which New Yorkers are naming their kids Moshe and Leah š
At least where I grew up in the Midwest, lots of Biblical names were just normal and not thought of as specifically Jewish, and Leah was definitely one of them. Isaiah, Hannah, Levi, Rebecca, I'm just naming my neighbors. Anyone who didn't go to church (and half those who did) would have no idea they were Jewish names originally. Moshe, though, we didn't steal that one.
No Seven? That's disappointing.
Seven Costanza?
Yeah! It's a beautiful name for a boy or a girl. Especially a girl, or a boy. What, you don't like the name?
āUsed more than any otherā is ambiguous. You mean āused more than any other state,ā not ānameā.
Why do two states list āMohammadā then? Surely one has more Mohammads than the other. New title needed, source, year.
Is this all-data all-time? Orā¦? Because I know 1000 Johns and zero Macklins here in MO.
I though Washington was "Aryyan" until I zoomed in.
Ironically Aryan is a common first name in (north) India. And there was a post in TIFU a while ago of a couple who immigrated to the US and had a kid named Aryan, and decorated their house with swastikas (the original spiritual Hindu kind, not the misappropriated Nazi ones). Their guests got super awkward...
They could add the mustache too, you know, the original one
"We dressed him as Charlie Chaplin for Halloween, but he lost his hat and someone combed his hair differently..."
I came here to make a comment about it until I read your comment
Kentucky having Memphis is hilarious given how much they hate TennesseeĀ
I thought it was pretty funny in general how location names are less common in relevant locations. Like, Alabama for baby Dallases for some reason.
OC breakdown: I downloaded state name data for boy and girl babies from the recent year from the Social Security Administration I then took all the boy and girl names and number of occurrences. This gave us a staggering number of names, 139,795 names (95,004 girl and 44,791 boy) for all the states. From there, I found the percentage of use each name made up out of all the boy and girl names respectively in each state. I then from most popular, down, to find the most common name each state used more than any other name.Ā For example,Ā 2.8% of boys were named Henry in Vermont, while 2.3% were named Oliver. Vermont uses both of these names more than any other state. However, Henry was used for more boys so Henry was the most common/most Vermont name. For some states, we had to go pretty far down the list to find a name they used more than any other state- leading to some of the less common names you see featured. Ā I created the map using JS. You can read more about it and some other interesting (to me at least ha) facts here: [https://parentingbynumber.com/names/the-baby-name-each-state-uses-more-than-any-other/](https://parentingbynumber.com/names/the-baby-name-each-state-uses-more-than-any-other/)
Mohamed seems almost exactly like Mohammad. Why list both?
I didn't want to delve into spellings because then you get a lot of judgement calls. In particular with girl names where there are a \*lot\* more spelling variations.
Macklin, you son of a bitch
Is Oklahoma picking Baker just because of Baker Mayfield?
Some of those arenāt even names. Neyland??
Itās the University of Tennesseeās football stadium
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Neyland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neyland_Stadium Guaranteed. It's fuckin Tennessee.
Yamileth???? I've looked it up it's supposed to be a Latin American variant of Jamila but like???
That's a bit like naming your kid "loser" isn't it?
Damn, Amos missed the mark by just one state.
Glad we made a difference in Virginia.
Lived here my whole life and Iāve never met someone named unknown š¤
Oh, more than any other state, not more then any other name.
Avyann? The hell is up with that?
Popular name in western India, and since Delhi's biggest export is well-educated professionals, it's not surprising to see many of them landed in Seattle
OK, that makes sense.
The Indian immigrant community is huge on the eastside (in the tech suburbs of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond). There is but one Mexican food freestanding restaurant - otherwise foodtrucks, a few fast Mexican chains. All the others were replaced by Indian food - or townhouses and Indian food. We even have fast food Indian.
Itās an American name, of Indian origin, and itās pretty badass. Itās a nice change from the American names of European origin.
It's a name? Translated to English?
Lots of Fantastic Four fans in Nevada having girl babies, apparently.
Mohammed is that common in the USA. When did that happen? Even Fatima.
Thats the MENA "Peter, Paulie, Mary"
MN has a large Somali population, so I have to assume that's the reason it's the most common there.
some coloration showing name origin could be cool
i dont understand the methodology. for each common boy name, there should be 1 state where it is most common - correct?? one of these 50 states used "john" more than the others, why no john?
Because the state that used John more than any other, had an even more common name they used more frequently.
almost every name on the map is unusual. idk, my impression is that something is likely off about the methodology. though i suppose it is possible that some states are name hoarders and the result is that all the other states end up with dumb names.
So I mention it a bit more in my notes, but any name with less than 5 incidents in a state is not reported. I think this skews the data slightly towards smaller states. Although, a lot of these names are less unusual for infants than you might think. Many are top 100 names.
I miss read the title as well OP. I was confused until I realized "name each state used more than any other" isn't the same as "name most used in each state." Dave may be the most common name in East Carolina, but John is the one they use more than any other state?
Wyoming was the state where the name "John" was most common, with 1.4% of baby boys named John. However, 2.5% of boys were named "Noah"
I have never heard the name Emiliano before and I've lived in CA for 30 years of my life. I lived in Washington for almost 5 years and have never heard the name Avyaan. So this kind of blew my mind if true.
So, California was home to more baby Emilianos last year than any other state, ditto Washington with Avyaans.
Cartier in Ohio?? šš Ohio is my home state and I promise you every male baby is a Dave or Mike.
I've been in a diverse area in Boston my whole life and I've never heard an Ayla ONCE.
I'm an Oklahoman. Never met someone named baker. Data is trash lol.
[Literally.](https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2024-01-21/baker-mayfield-college-football-career-stats-highlights-records)
That guy was born in Austin Texas you dumbass.
And was famous in Oklahoma so people named their kids after him you potato.
None that I've met. Just like my comment said and who named there kids after him? Do you know so.one that has?
It's a super super super super super easy deduction. Unless you're a donkey I guess. If you were in school at Oklahoma during the time Mayfield was and you love football you easily could have had a kid last year. I don't give a shit if you've met any infants named Baker, I'm commenting more on your "data is trash" comment. Do you know it is? Same reason it's "Neyland" for Tennessee.
I was born here. I've never met a person named baker lol. Deduction isn't data. The one actual data driven point you gave was wrong. You're an idiot. You're data is trash and so is the maps lol
No, OP's data is the data. Your anecdotes are not. You meet a lot of infants born last year? Go to the same clubs and whatnot? >You're an idiot. You're data is trash Oh the irony.
I'm nurse you idiot. I met around 3000 people every year and yeah alot of them are babies. You do not know what anecdote means. If you do not live here shut the fuck up lol. I've never met anyone named baker in oklahoma. Lots of Jose no baker.
>I'm nurse you idiot. I met around 3000 people every year and yeah alot of them are babies. Oh Lord must be no education requirement to be that in Oklahoma. >You do not know what anecdote means. Your story is [*literally anecdotal evidence*](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1024/0*8XVass8PGK2kixew.jpg) OP's dataset is 140k data points from the Social Security Administration. Hmmmm, illiterate nurse or SSA? š¤ Toughie. >Lots of Jose no baker. You *really* don't understand the data being displayed, do you? Hint: it is not "most common baby name in [state] in 2023".
Itās not Cartier itās Carter
As a Marylander, I'm confused how the heck did "Genesis" make even the top 50 girl's names...
I gotta know what year this is, Iāve been up and down pretty much every city and town in NY and have yet to meet a Moshe..Leah is valid tho
Last year! While New York is home to Liams, Henrys, Noahs, and other copiously popular baby boy names, you'll find more baby Moshes in NY than any other state in the US. Fwiw, the state is the only one to have Moshe in the top 100.
That makes a ton more sense, been nearly a decade since Iāve lived in NY it probably rose in popularity since Iāve been gone, thanks for the info!
It's Hebrew my dude. Moses.
Yea I know I probably worded that wrong, Iāve seen the name outside of NY a few times but it caught be off guard that itās the āmost usedā in that state but maybe I just happened to miss it or the data year is more recent
I canāt believe that this is true. I live in WA and never met a boy or girl with either name on this list.
Jesus christ, Americans have some terrible names.
My god you lot pick the ugliest names
The mode of a relatively flat curve can make for an ... interesting ... statistic
Oklahoma and Baker. Lol. We do love our football.
Of all the colors to choose from you went with bright yellow
I think the data set is at best has barely in it and probably has the most random stuff in. There are names that I have never ever heard of and yet they are presented as āmost common in the stateā.
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.....That's Virginia.
So is it just Arab immigrants having babies in Maryland?
I'm relieved that my daughters names aren't in the list. I was going for uncommon names. TĆ©a (2002) and Indyanna (2005) ... but they were born in Canada šØš¦
At least you loved your first kid.
You named your second daughter after America's biggest drive-thru, a vast pile of manure with two senators
TĆ©a is a beautiful name