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OrangeJuiceAlibi t1_ishkdai wrote

This strikes me as basically being the US. Must be about 70% of the total population? Half the names on your list don't/barely exist in the UK or Australia.

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Modem_56k t1_isjfv3f wrote

>Blair

My first thought was Tony once reading that

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Starzz_1 t1_isj1cgf wrote

Well the US makes up most of the population of those countries combined so yes basically just the US

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byJoanic OP t1_ishmny9 wrote

Most probably but I don't know. Source data is not that clear.

I would focus rather on the unisex-ness of these names (in English) rather than their popularity. Also, some of those might be really old.

However, I have found names like Mckinley which I think is quite Scotish.

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OrangeJuiceAlibi t1_ishnuq0 wrote

I think they're connected though. A lot of these names are only unisex in America, maybe in Canada, but they don't even exist in the UK, or Australia.

>names like Mckinley which I think is quite Scotish.

As a surname, might be Scottish. As a first name though, no.

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AFatz t1_islmg24 wrote

I mean, that's where a lot of first names came from, family last names. Most people only have one last name but 2 parents who probably didn't have the same last name.

Example: my friend is named Riley. His great grandmother's maiden name was O'Reilly. Also work with a guy named Jackson, which is his mother's maiden name.

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jelhmb48 t1_isizwql wrote

Mckinley as a first name is 100% American and not Scottish.

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JAK3CAL t1_isjcqy4 wrote

I was gonna say, I doubt this is US bc some of these names are firmly female names. Jackie, Kerry, Quinn, etc… those are not unisex names in the US. In my region at least

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OrangeJuiceAlibi t1_isjdgbn wrote

They may have been previously? There's almost 150 years worth of names used for the states. The whole thing is a bit off tbh.

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JAK3CAL t1_isje5z1 wrote

Fair point; but if still expect to encounter older generations with these names. This is odd

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