What do you think is the most common/popular name in the world?

Joseph (shortened to Joe)? And its equivalent in other languages:


Jos茅 (Spanish, Portuguese; sometimes "shortened" to Pepe, nickname)


Guiseppe (Italy), sometimes Beppe





Jos茅 (Joe) happens to be my name! =)


Joe is very popular here in the US, and in fact Jos茅 is the most common name in M茅xico.





Other variations of Joseph:





Iosif--Russian


Iosephus/Josephus--Latin


Josef--Czech, German, Norwegian, Swedish


Jozef--Polish


Gi么-s茅p--Vietnamese


Seosam--Irish


Jooseppi--Finnish


...etc., etc. Here's a fuller list from Wikipedia:





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph





For girls, I'd imagine Mary/Mar铆a would be very popular too. It's the most popular in M茅xico, I know that.

What do you think is the most common/popular name in the world?
Brittany or Ashley
Reply:boy-John


girl-Mary
Reply:There are approximately 100 million Zhangs. The name is roughly 4,700 years old. In all of Mainland China, there are only 438 last names. Chinese surnames were originally based on geography.


The most common first name is Mohammed.
Reply:John
Reply:For a girl I've heard that it is Ann, Ana, Anna, Annie and further variations of the same name.
Reply:John, Andrew, William
Reply:You.
Reply:Muhammad
Reply:Jack and Jane
Reply:Elizabeth and its variations. But that would only be in the western


world, I have no idea about the east or whatever else.


Thank you for asking.
Reply:mary, maria, marie...


ann, anne, anna...
Reply:john