The most popular given names vary nationally regionally and culturallyLists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year thus reflecting the current naming trends or else be composed of the personal names occurring most.

Is john the most common name in the world. Smith is unchallenged as the most numerous surname in the US some 28 percent ahead of second-place Johnson according to the US. And based on the most. Over the last 100 years the male name Michael has held the top spot most often 44 times while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 35 times over those years.

New research has revealed David Smith has pipped John. He was born John Christopher Depp II in Owensboro Kentucky on June 9 1963 to Betty Sue Wells who worked as a waitress and John Christopher Depp a civil engineer. Around 76 million people in the world bear the name with the next most common being the Indian surname Devi which 69 million people share.

These are the 100 most common names for males in the US in the past century with James at the top of the list followed by John Robert Michael and William. Johnson is the second most common surname in the US after Smith. John dʒ ɒ n is a common masculine given name in the English language of Semitic origin.

The most common surname in the world is Wanga patronymic Chinese name that means king in Mandarin. Variations of the name Emily are among the top 10 most popular girl names in a wide range of countries including the US Canada England Scotland Australia Chile and Norway. The Chinese Li or the Korean version Lee is one of the most popular names in China and the most popular surname in.

The name Muhammad wins the prize for the worlds most common name. Top Five Names for Births in 1921-2020. The most common name amongst engineers worldwide is Ravi while those in law enforcement are most likely to be named Billy.

According to our estimate its James Smith. It is estimated that more than 15 million people in the world bear the name Muhammad. The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies born in each year 1921-2020.