How “swipe right-able” is your name?

Normal Bates. Updated March 8th, 2016

The Grade have done a fascinating study on which names are more likely to get swiped right on dating apps.

Furthermore, there’s some great data if you should be a Rob or a Robert or a Katie or a Kat.

Go on, look yourself up – see if you’re there.

Hottest Female Names

	Name	% of Guys Who Swiped Right	Most Matched Name
1	Brianna	70%	Sean
2	Erika	69%	Joe
3	Lexi	67%	Chris
4	Brooke	65%	Mike
5	Vanessa	65%	Tyler
6	April	63%	Tom
7	Natalie	63%	Jonathan
8	Jenna	62%	Joseph
9	Molly	62%	Christopher
10	Katie	61%	Eddie
11	Laura	60%	Bobby
12	Rebecca	60%	Jeremy
13	Lindsey	60%	daniel
14	Taylor	59%	Sean
15	Aly	59%	Andrew
16	Kathleen	59%
17	Elizabeth	59%
18	Andrea	58%
19	Kimberly	58%
20	Alison	57%
21	Amy	57%
22	Christina	57%
23	Katherine	57%
24	Lindsay	57%
25	Victoria	56%
26	Shannon	56%
27	Stephanie	55%
28	Kelsey	55%
29	Samantha	55%
30	Heather	55%
31	Jen	54%
32	Mary	54%
33	Emily	54%
34	Alyssa	54%
35	Cat	54%
36	Sarah	54%
37	Lauren	54%
38	Ashley	53%
39	Tara	53%
40	Melissa	53%
41	Anna	53%
42	Olivia	52%
43	Jackie	52%
44	Chelsea	52%
45	Amanda	52%
46	Megan	52%
47	Kate	52%
48	Alexandra	52%
49	Ali	52%
50	Erin	51%
51	Angela	51%
52	Danielle	51%
53	Michelle	51%
54	Brittany	50%
55	Allie	50%
56	Erica	50%
57	Nikki	50%
58	Maria	50%
59	Julie	50%
60	Kristina	50%
61	Jamie	49%
62	Allison	49%
63	Alexa	49%
64	Kim	48%
65	Jessica	48%
66	Caroline	48%
67	Liz	48%
68	Rachel	47%
69	Courtney	47%
70	Kat	47%
71	Kristen	47%
72	Hannah	46%
73	Nicole	46%
74	Christine	45%
75	Sara	45%
76	Jennifer	45%
77	Kelly	44%
78	Emma	44%
79	Julia	44%
80	Alex	43%
81	Alexis	41%
82	Denise	41%
83	Dana	40%
84	Jenn	38%
85	Lisa	33%
86	Meghan	30%
87	Tiffany	28%

Hottest Male Names

	Name	% of Girls Who Swiped Right	Most Matched Name
1	Brett	24%	Jessica
2	Tyler	23%	Jennifer
3	Corey	23%	Amy
4	Andy	23%	Maria
5	Noah	23%	Elizabeth
6	Shane	22%	Taylor
7	Jeffrey	21%	Michelle
8	Rob	20%	Sarah
9	Frank	20%	Stephanie
10	Jeff	20%	Emily
11	Zack	20%	Amanda
12	Brandon	19%	Liz
13	Nicholas	19%	Amy
14	Greg	19%	Danielle
15	Zachary	19%	Shannon
16	Mark	19%
17	Dave	19%
18	Alex	18%
19	Aaron	18%
20	Joey	17%
21	Ryan	17%
22	Max	17%
23	Matthew	17%
24	Jack	17%
25	Jake	17%
26	Christopher	17%
27	Nick	17%
28	Bobby	16%
29	Joe	16%
30	James	16%
31	Dan	16%
32	Jeremy	16%
33	George	16%
34	Danny	16%
35	Evan	16%
36	Alexander	16%
37	Matt	15%
38	Rich	15%
39	Erik	15%
40	Chris	15%
41	Charles	15%
42	Austin	14%
43	Dylan	14%
44	Jordan	14%
45	Jonathan	14%
46	Christian	14%
47	Drew	14%
48	Charlie	14%
49	Tom	14%
50	Daniel	14%
51	Eric	14%
52	Jesse	13%
53	David	13%
54	Kyle	13%
55	Sam	13%
56	Brad	13%
57	Ian	13%
58	Steve	13%
59	Tony	13%
60	Will	13%
61	Marc	13%
62	Michael	13%
63	Steven	13%
64	Mike	13%
65	Andrew	13%
66	Anthony	13%
67	Colin	13%
68	Bill	12%
69	Zach	12%
70	Ben	12%
71	Jacob	12%
72	Josh	12%
73	Peter	12%
74	Joseph	12%
75	Justin	12%
76	Stephen	12%
77	Patrick	12%
78	Kevin	12%
79	Thomas	12%
80	Luke	12%
81	Nathan	11%
82	Nate	11%
83	Brian	11%
84	Bryan	11%
85	Derek	11%
86	Adam	10%
87	Sean	10%
88	Robert	10%
89	Alan	10%
90	Benjamin	10%
91	John	10%
92	William	10%
93	Jay	10%
94	Scott	10%
95	Paul	9%
96	Jared	9%
97	Connor	9%
98	Cody	9%
99	Jon	8%
100	Tim	8%
101	Luis	8%
102	Keith	8%
103	Joshua	7%
104	Craig	7%
105	Richard	7%
106	Jason	7%
107	Dennis	6%
108	Chad	6%
109	Billy	5%
110	Gary	5%
111	Jimmy	4%
112	Victor	3%
113	Joel	3%

Nicknames vs. Given Names: Who Gets The Most Likes?

It’s a tough decision – do you go with Rob or Robert? Jennifer or Jen? We’re here to help. We scoured The Grade’s userbase to give you the most accurate statistics on the like-rate of nicknames versus given names. Finally, we can put the Steve-Steven-Stephen debate to rest. (Sorry, Stephen and Steven, Steve is the clear winner here.)

Hottest Female Nicknames

	Name	% of Guys Who Swiped Right
Winner	Erika	69.10%
	Erica	50.20%

Winner	Rebecca	59.70%
	Becky	22.50%

Winner	Nikki	50.10%
	Nicole	45.90%

Winner	Jen	54.30%
	Jennifer	44.90%

Winner	Sarah	53.70%
	Sara	45.20%

Winner	Aly	59.00%
	Alison	57.50%
	Ali	51.50%
	Allie	50.40%

Winner	Elizabeth	58.90%
	Liz	47.60%

Winner	Katie	60.80%
	Kathleen	59.00%
	Kat	47.10%
	Cat	54.00%

Winner	Lexi	67.00%
	Alexis	41.30%

Hottest Male Nicknames

	Name	% of Girls Who Swiped Right
Winner	Michael	12.70%
	Mike	12.60%

Winner	Dave	18.60%
	David	13.40%

Winner	Matthew	16.90%
	Matt	15.40%

Winner	Jonathan	13.80%
	Jon	8.30%
	Johnny	13.50%
	John	10.10%

Winner	Rick	17.10%
	Richard	7.00%
	Ricky	15.50%

Winner	Jeffrey	20.90%
	Jeff	20.00%

Winner	Josh	12.10%
	Joshua	7.40%

Winner	Steve	13.20%
	Steven	12.60%
	Stephen	11.70%

Winner	Christopher	16.70%
	Chris	14.80%

Winner	Rob	20.40%
	Robert	10.30%