If you name your baby something traditional like Maya or Maximilian, you’re probably a Democrat, while a new-fangled choice such as Brylee or Braylen might peg you as a Republican.

　　Blue State parents may be more apt to vote liberal than their Red State counterparts, but their taste in baby names is far more conservative.

　　We analyzed which of the Top 500 names were used most often last year in Red States vs. Blue. Our findings: Red State baby names tend to defy convention in spelling, gender identity, and the very definition of a first name, while the Bluest Names toe the traditional line.

　　Every single one of the Top 25 Reddest Names for both genders lies outside the traditional lexicon of proper names. Red State favorites include first names adapted from surnames such as Number 1 Reddest Names Blakely for girls and Kason for boys, word names such as Haven for girls and Kash for boys, and diminutives such as Millie and Hattie used as full names. .

　　Parents in Blue States, on the other hand, choose relatively conventional first names for their babies. All of the Top 25 Bluest Names for girls are traditional female choices, ranging from Number 1 Francesca to Alexandra to Miriam. In the boys’ Top 25, the only name that diverges from the usual lexicon of first names is surname-name Finnegan.

　　The first traditional girls’ name in the Red State tally, by contrast, is Mary, all the way down at Number 51, with the first traditional boys’ name ranking even lower: Abram at Number 76.

　　Other markers of traditional naming in the list of Blue State favorites include girls’ names that are feminizations of male names, such as Gianna and Daniella, and Biblical and/or royal boys’ names, such as Leo, Nicholas, and Peter.

　　Red State parents are also much more likely to invent new spellings for baby names, with popular girls’ names including Kyleigh and Journee and four different spellings of Kason dominating the boys’ list. And the Reddest Names tend to push gender boundaries, with McKinley ranking in the Top 10 for girls and Lane in the Top 20 for boys.

　　Blue baby names may conform more to spelling and gender norms, but they’re also more likely to be ethnically diverse. Blue State favorites for girls range from the Irish Maeve to the Italian Giuliana to the Hebrew Esther, and on the boys’ side, from the Arabic Mohamed to the Indian Arjun to the Spanish Thiago.

　　Ethnic differences may go further than politics to explain the Red State-Blue State baby name divide. Latino, Italian, Irish, and Jewish parents, who claim a larger share of the population in Blue States, also tend to more closely follow family and religious traditions when naming their babies.

　　Blue State parents favor names that end in the letter a for girls in 22 of the Top 25 cases, and also choose vowel-ending names for boys ten of the Top 25 times. Red State parents prefer to end names with the letter n for boys and either the lee or the lyn sound for girls.

　　A few unexpected findings: The Red State Top 25 includes the name of Blue State favorite son Kennedi at the girls’ Number 3, along with sacred Jewish surname Cohen at Number 15 for boys and Eastern establishment university name Princeton at the boys’ Number 20.

　　More predictable may be the Red States’ relative preference for gun-themed and military names, with Gunner, Major, Colt, and Remington in the boys’ Top 50. And it may not be surprising that Red State parents are more likely to name their babies Rhett (Butler) or Bristol (Palin) while Blue State parents honor (Pope) Francis and Angelina (Jolie).

　　Here, the 25 Bluest and Reddest Baby Names for each gender, with the percent they veer toward one side or the other.

The Bluest Baby Names

Blue State Girls’ Names

　　Francesca

　　82.4

　　Maeve

　　81.2

　　Giuliana

　　80

　　Fiona

　　78.8

　　Gianna

　　77.3

　　Angelina

　　76.7

　　Nina

　　76.1

　　Sienna

　　75.9

　　Valentina

　　75.5

　　Maya

　　74.8

　　Aisha

　　73.6

　　Leila

　　73.3

　　Luciana

　　72.9

　　Julianna

　　72.8

　　Emilia

　　72.4

　　Esther

　　72.3

　　Ariella

　　72.3

　　Daniella

　　72.3

　　Alexandra

　　72.2

　　Lucia

　　72

　　Dahlia

　　71.9

　　Bianca

　　71.7

　　Gia

　　71.6

　　Miriam

　　71.3

　　Talia

　　71.3

Blue State Boys’ Names

　　Rocco

　　80.9

　　Nico

　　80.7

　　Mohamed

　　78.6

　　Luca

　　78.5

　　Angelo

　　77.5

　　Muhammad

　　76.2

　　Francis

　　75.8

　　Enzo

　　75.6

　　Finnegan

　　74.7

　　Maximilian

　　74.1

　　Vincent

　　72.8

　　Colin

　　72.6

　　Theodore

　　72.6

　　Andy

　　72.2

　　Ali

　　72.1

　　Lorenzo

　　71.9

　　Arjun

　　71.7

　　Conor

　　71.6

　　Leo

　　71.6

　　Nicholas

　　71.6

　　Thiago

　　71.5

　　Louis

　　71.1

　　Peter

　　70.9

　　Ryan

　　70.8

　　Brendan

　　70.7

The Reddest Baby Names

Red State Girls’ Names

　　Blakely

　　71.4

　　Brylee

　　65.2

　　Kennedi

　　63.2

　　Kyleigh

　　62.8

　　Journee

　　61.1

　　Millie

　　60.2

　　Bristol

　　60

　　Hattie

　　59.9

　　Mckinley

　　59.9

　　Gracelynn

　　59.2

　　Addyson

　　59.1

　　Tatum

　　58.7

　　Brynlee

　　58.5

　　Allie

　　58.5

　　Paislee

　　58.3

　　Emersyn

　　58.1

　　Addilyn

　　57.7

　　Madilynn

　　57.6

　　Londyn

　　57.5

　　Haven

　　56.8

　　Kaydence

　　56.4

　　Marlee

　　56.2

　　Paisley

　　55.9

　　Aspen

　　55.2

　　Presley

　　54.9

Red State Boys’ Names

　　Kason

　　69.7

　　Cason

　　68.9

　　Braylen

　　68.8

　　Chandler

　　68

　　Lawson

　　65.7

　　Kasen

　　65.5

　　Rhett

　　65.2

　　Braylon

　　64

　　Davis

　　64

　　Karson

　　63.8

　　Jaxton

　　63.7

　　Kayson

　　63.6

　　Raylan

　　63.6

　　Gunner

　　63

　　Cohen

　　61.7

　　Beckham

　　61

　　Lane

　　60.5

　　Braxton

　　60.1

　　Waylon

　　60

　　Princeton

　　59.7

　　Knox

　　59.4

　　Daxton

　　59.3

　　Kyler

　　59.2

　　Kash

　　59

　　Walker

　　58.2

　　Statistical analysis by Joe Satran