Distinctly American names
Some names are global citizens; these are proudly local. Each one sits in the American top-100 while not appearing anywhere in the current England & Wales top-100.
If you want a name that sounds like home — porch swings, road trips, Friday-night lights — start here.
Girls
- Eliana#10 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Ailany#14 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Camila#19 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Lucy#24 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Lainey#30 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Gianna#33 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Valentina#35 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Avery#37 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Madison#40 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Abigail#41 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Elena#42 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Naomi#47 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Riley#48 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
Boys
- Mateo#8 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Levi#12 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- John#23 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Julian#25 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Santiago#26 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Cooper#27 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Asher#28 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Owen#31 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Matthew#32 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Luke#33 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Jackson#36 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Wyatt#38 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Bennett#40 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Miles#44 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Carter#45 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Anthony#46 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
- Charles#48 in the US · unranked in England & Wales
How this list is built: Current US top-100 names absent from the latest England & Wales official top-100. Source: US Social Security birth records, refreshed yearly.
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