Most common names of US.
Most popular first name president. Name Number Name Number. Sunday January 16 2011 at 416PM. One of the more famous is James Madison who was one of the so-called Founding Fathers of the United States.
What has been the most popular name. The rankings focus on presidential achievements leadership qualities failures and faults. James is one of the most popular presidential names and the most common name for former presidents with five ex-presidents sharing the name.
Famous People XXII 682. In recent years surnames have become popular to use as first names. Only One Is Nota US President II 325.
Famous People XXIII 5234. Classrooms are full of little Taylors Tylers and Madisons. Commonly used as a first name until the mid-20th century this name is just as well-known for author Truman Capote as it is for the president.
Famous People XX 363. Six presidents were named James. Six presidents were named James James Garfield James Buchanan James Polk James Monroe James Madison and James Jimmy Carter.
Relative newcomers like Carter Kennedy Reagan Grant and Harrison are zooming up the charts. Sliding Through the 1960s 357. In political studies surveys have been conducted in order to construct historical rankings of the success of the presidents of the United StatesRanking systems are usually based on surveys of academic historians and political scientists or popular opinion.