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Most common first name in history. It is estimated that more than 15 million people in the world bear the name Muhammad. According to the sixth edition of The Columbia Encyclopedia 2000 Muhammad is probably the most common given name in the world including variations. According to the blog Namespedia it turns out that lots of Russian families call themselves Kushim to this day and in the US its a relatively popular first name.

Names most common for females in the US over the past century are listed here with Mary claiming the top spot followed by Patricia Jennifer Linda and Elizabeth. Jack Sam Paul John Frank Charlie David Michael Tom Joe Mark Alex Nick. Looking for a baby name with a historical twist.

But 150 years later only five per cent of names were Old English. Of these 730 names I have 131 first names some of these are nick names or with a letter excluded of some others. Interesting that proportions are almost equal.

Rank 1 is assigned to the name with the highest number of occurrences rank 2 to the name with the next highest. Common names are different from popular names as they denote names found most widely amongst the entire population not just used for babies in a single year. Names marked with a are also sometimes female names at least in my experience Female names.

Dave Taylor Bob Gainey Mike Bossy Rich Sutter Mark Messier. Medieval baby name charts Popular boys and girls names from the Middle Ages. I kept them separate.

Hottest names in recent years. The most popular first names and most common surnames of the last 500 years have been revealed John and Mary are the most popular first names with Smith and Jones the most common surnames a new. Musician Zach Brown was drawn to the name Alexander and called his son Alexander Frost Brown in 2014.