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The Most International Popular Names
These names are all within ten places of each other on the Top 100s of Australia, England/Wales, and the United States, and should be equally familiar in all countries.
Boys
Ethan, James, Joshua, William
Girls
Ava, Ella, Emily, Isabella, Layla, Mia, Olivia
James and Olivia are the most international popular names, being no more than 2 places apart between any two countries.
You Saw it Here First
These are names which are already popular in Australia, but still rising toward the Top 100 in England/Wales and the United States.
Boys
Archer, Beau, Braxton, Jasper
Girls
Mila, Olive
Archer and Olive are the Australian popular names furthest ahead of international trends.
(The freshest names from the UK are Theodore and Elsie, and the freshest trends from the US are Jeremiah and Josiah – no popular American girls names were ahead of the trends).
Never Gonna Give You Up
These are names which have already left the Top 100 in the UK and US, but still remain popular in Australia.
Boys
Ashton, Hayden, Marcus, Mitchell, Patrick
Girls
Chelsea, Jade
Mitchell and Chelsea are the Australian popular names most behind international trends.
(The stalest names in the UK are Kyle and Bethany, while in the US, Gavin and Kylie are furthest past their used-by date).
Australia was the furthest ahead of international trends, and the USA most behind international trends – surely an indication of our different population sizes.
The Least International Popular Names
These names are common in one country, but rarely used in the others.
Most Australian Name: Darcy for a boy – it is considered feminine in the UK and US
Most British Name: Mackenzie for a boy – it is considered feminine in Australia and the US
Most American Names: Easton (boy) and Genesis (girl)
Waltzing More Than Matilda 
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Chelsea is more popular now then it was before. Names like Ebony, Lauren and April are some other Australian examples of forever popular names. And Americans seem to think of Graham as a new, fresh name.
Chelsea peaked in 2009, but it’s certainly still very popular. Lauren is more popular in the UK and the US than it is here. And April isn’t popular here yet – it’s not quite on the Top 100, but probably will be soon.
Ebony is actually a very “Australian” name, because it’s never been very popular in the US or the UK. You should be proud of that! And it has kept its popularity fairly well; it’s a real stayer.
Thanks Anna 🙂
In the US Ebony has some racial overtones, hence why it’s less used there.
Also what I forgot to say was I thought Lauren was gone for good, never coming back and since it has its shown we aren’t over Lauren.
Kelly, I know thats one of the things I hate about my name. Though I’m not sure my parents knew about the racial overtones or the fact that I have almost the same name as an American child actress.
Interesting to see my own name as the most internationally popular name, along with James. And that Australia is ahead of international trends. A great analytical article. Thank you.
I hope it wasn’t too misleading saying Australia was most ahead of the trends – all three countries had names that were ahead and behind the trends.
But the names that were furthest ahead in the trends were Archer and Olive, popular in Australia, and the names that were furthest behind the trends were Gavin and Kylie, popular in the US.
Because we have the smallest population and the US has the largest, while the UK is in the middle, that seemed like the most obvious reason for the difference. And New Zealand is smaller than us, and they are a bit further ahead in the trends than we are.