Since the USA is a multi-ethnic state, the number of names used is huge, the bill goes to thousands. However, the true names are much less. The fact is that parents in the United States are free to give their child almost any name (except for offensive ones). And also very many in this country have problems with spelling. So it turns out that Rachel and Rachael are different female American names. These inaccuracies artificially increase the list.
Top 3 American names for 2013: Mary, Patricia and Linda. The first name is popular because of the Christian roots of American immigrants, derivatives of Mary, Miriam and Meriem are also found. Patricia is a popular name among the Irish, and since there are a lot of Irish immigrants in the States, girls are often called that way. It’s difficult to judge the popularity of the name Linda, perhaps the whole point is in harmony. It has been in the top for several years, and the situation is unlikely to change.
People from the former union know female American names primarily from translated literature and Latin American series. Therefore, we are not surprised by such names as Ruth, Barbara, Susan, which are frequent in North and South America. The name Faith - a tracing-paper from the Russian Faith became quite frequent. Perhaps it was brought and adapted by Greek Orthodox immigrants, perhaps the Russians were the first to call their daughters that way. But the name entered the thousand most common, so this is not an isolated phenomenon. Oddly enough, Russian names, for example, Tanya, are very common among African American girls.
Names of flowers are often used, for example, Daisy means daisy (the name of the heroine of the Great Gatsby was that). Another example is Rose. Like Russians, Americans like to adapt masculine names into feminine ones: that is how Patricia's name came out (after all, Patrick is the patron of Ireland). Sometimes female American names are taken without changes from the "database" of male ones. So there are girls named Francis or Fred. So our singers Slava and Maxim did not discover anything new.
Female American names also include a large number of German names (Gretchen, Madeleine) and French (Michel, Genevieve, Antoinette). There are Indian names among the names, although it is not easy to meet them among the white population: Donoma (light of the Sun), Hantawyii (faithful), Ayasha (baby). There are also exotic ones: Sarita, Tavanna. The first seems to come from India, the second is African, so there are beautiful names in America. Female and male. And in the States, the choice is especially great.
The secrets of names are still not disclosed. They are always carefully chosen, trying to be harmonious. There are special programs that evaluate the emotional impact of a name. Perhaps future parents should use them. It is necessary to think over how a name will be combined with a middle name and a surname: Shakherezada Stepanovna is simply tasteless. And if you are not in the States, it is better to give your child a Russian name. Female American names do not look harmonious in a Slavic passport. Be careful, you have fun choosing, and then the child then for life "difference". It is better to give the baby a more or less adapted name - for example, Suzanne or Rose.