brands rank as America's most commonly driven brands, but when it comes to individual models Honda's Accord and Civic and Toyota's Camry and Corolla top most lists.

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looked at ownership data on more than 1 million vehicles across the U.S. to see who is driving what, breaking the results down by region, gender and generation. Here's what we found.

Chevrolet and Ford Are Top Brands Nationwide

Nationwide, Chevrolet and Ford top the list of most popular brands but six of the top 10 brands are foreign, led by Japanese automakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda.

Looking at brands by region, the Midwest clearly favors American — it's the only region where the top three brands are all American. The West and Northeast prefer foreign brands. The Northeast is the only region where foreign (Japanese) brands make up the top three. In every region except the Midwest, foreign brands make up a majority of the top 10.

Ranking	U.S.	Northeast	South	Midwest	West
1.	Chevrolet	Honda	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Toyota
2.	Ford	Nissan	Ford	Ford	Ford
3.	Toyota	Toyota	Toyota	Dodge	Chevrolet
4.	Nissan	Ford	Nissan	Toyota	Honda
5.	Honda	Chevrolet	Honda	Honda	Nissan
6.	Dodge	Hyundai	Dodge	Nissan	Dodge
7.	Hyundai	Jeep	Hyundai	Jeep	Hyundai
8.	Kia	Kia	Kia	Kia	Kia
9.	Jeep	Dodge	Jeep	Hyundai	Jeep
10.	Volkswagen	BMW	GMC	Chrysler	BMW

In the Midwest, home of the Big Three automakers, the top six models are all American, led by the Jeep Grand Cherokee. In the West and South, as with the U.S. as a whole, the top five models are all Japanese.

Ranking	U.S.	Northeast	South	Midwest	West
1.	Honda Accord	Honda Accord	Honda Accord	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Honda Civic
2.	Toyota Camry	Honda Civic	Nissan Altima	Chevrolet Malibu	Honda Accord
3.	Honda Civic	Nissan Altima	Toyota Camry	Ford Fusion	Toyota Camry
4.	Nissan Altima	Toyota Camry	Honda Civic	Chevrolet Silverado	Toyota Corolla
5.	Toyota Corolla	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Toyota Corolla	Chevrolet Equinox	Nissan Altima
6.	Chevrolet Silverado	Toyota Corolla	Ford F-150	Ford F-150	Chevrolet Silverado
7.	Ford F-150	Hyundai Elantra	Chevrolet Silverado	Honda Civic	Hyundai Elantra
8.	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Nissan Rogue	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Toyota Camry	Jeep Grand Cherokee
9.	Hyundai Elantra	Hyundai Sonata	Hyundai Elantra	Ford Escape	Ford F-150
10.	Chevrolet Malibu	Honda CR-V	Chevrolet Malibu	Honda Accord	Nissan Sentra

When it comes to gender, two pickup trucks rank among the top five for men but don't make the rankings at all for women or drivers with no gender listed. No SUVs rank among the top five for any group.

Ranking	Men (brands)	Women (brands)	No gender listed (brands)	Men (models)	Women (models)	No gender listed (models)
1.	Ford	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Honda Accord	Nissan Altima	Honda Accord
2.	Chevrolet	Ford	Nissan	Toyota Camry	Honda Accord	Nissan Altima
3.	Toyota	Nissan	Ford	Honda Civic	Toyota Camry	Toyota Camry
4.	Honda	Toyota	Honda	Chevrolet Silverado	Honda Civic	Chevrolet Malibu
5.	Nissan	Honda	Toyota	Ford F-150	Toyota Corolla	Hyundai Sonata
6.	Dodge	Hyundai	Hyundai	Nissan Altima	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Honda Civic
7.	Hyundai	Kia	Kia	Toyota Corolla	Hyundai Elantra	Hyundai Elantra
8.	Kia	Dodge	Dodge	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Chevrolet Malibu	Ford Fusion
9.	Jeep	Jeep	Jeep	Ford Fusion	Ford Fusion	Toyota Corolla
10.	BMW	GMC	Chrysler	Hyundai Elantra	Nissan Sentra	Nissan Sentra

Ford and Chevrolet rank as the top two brands for all generations, and Toyota ranks third for each. Baby Boomers and Generation X are the only two generations for which American brands make up at least half of the top 10. The Silent Generation is the only one for which Mercedes-Benz ranks among the top 10.

Ranking	Silent	Boomers	Gen X	Millennials	Gen Z
1.	Ford	Ford	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Ford
2.	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	Ford	Ford	Chevrolet
3.	Toyota	Toyota	Toyota	Toyota	Toyota
4.	Nissan	Nissan	Nissan	Honda	Honda
5.	Honda	Honda	Honda	Nissan	Nissan
6.	Hyundai	Dodge	Dodge	Dodge	Hyundai
7.	Dodge	Hyundai	Hyundai	Hyundai	Dodge
8.	Kia	Kia	Kia	Kia	Kia
9.	Jeep	Jeep	Jeep	Jeep	Jeep
10.	Mercedes-Benz	GMC	GMC	Volkswagen	Volkswagen

Trucks and SUVs are more common among older generations, with the F-150 ranking as the top model choice for Boomers, and two pickups ranking among the top five models for Gen X. No trucks or SUVs rank among the top models for Generation Z, although Jeep does rank as the No. 9 brand.

Ranking	Silent	Boomers	Gen X	Millennials	Gen Z
1.	Toyota Camry	Ford F-150	Honda Accord	Honda Accord	Honda Civic
2.	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Toyota Camry	Ford F-150	Toyota Camry	Honda Accord
3.	Honda Accord	Honda Accord	Nissan Altima	Nissan Altima	Toyota Camry
4.	Toyota Corolla	Chevrolet Silverado	Toyota Camry	Honda Civic	Nissan Altima
5.	Ford F-150	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Chevrolet Silverado	Toyota Corolla	Toyota Corolla
6.	Chevrolet Silverado	Nissan Altima	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Hyundai Elantra
7.	Hyundai Sonata	Toyota Corolla	Honda Civic	Chevrolet Silverado	Ford Fusion
8.	Nissan Altima	Nissan Rogue	Toyota Corolla	Ford F-150	Chevrolet Malibu
9.	Nissan Rogue	Honda Civic	Chevrolet Malibu	Chevrolet Malibu	Hyundai Sonata
10.	Chevrolet Equinox	Ford Escape	Nissan Rogue	Hyundai Elantra	Nissan Sentra

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Henry Hoenig · Data Journalist

Henry Hoenig previously worked as an economics editor for Bloomberg News and a senior news editor for The Wall Street Journal. His data journalism at Jerry has been featured in outlets including CBS News, Yahoo! Finance, FOX Business, Business Insider, Bankrate, The Motley Fool, AutoWeek, and Money.com.

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