What do you think the most popular baby name of all time is?

Name % Frequency Approx Number Rank


JAMES 3.318 4,840,833 1


JOHN 3.271 4,772,262 2


ROBERT 3.143 4,585,515 3


MICHAEL 2.629 3,835,609 4


WILLIAM 2.451 3,575,914 5


DAVID 2.363 3,447,525 6


RICHARD 1.703 2,484,611 7


CHARLES 1.523 2,221,998 8


JOSEPH 1.404 2,048,382 9


THOMAS 1.38 2,013,366 10





Name % Frequency Approx Number Rank


MARY 2.629 3,991,060 1


PATRICIA 1.073 1,628,911 2


LINDA 1.035 1,571,224 3


BARBARA 0.98 1,487,729 4


ELIZABETH 0.937 1,422,451 5


JENNIFER 0.932 1,414,861 6


MARIA 0.828 1,256,979 7


SUSAN 0.794 1,205,364 8


MARGARET 0.768 1,165,894 9


DOROTHY 0.727 1,103,652 10

What do you think the most popular baby name of all time is?
John and Mary
Reply:max
Reply:Well there are more Chinese speaking people on the planet than any other, so something chinese: are we talking first name or surname(family name)?





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Reply:without looking it up to be sure, I would guess John and Mary.
Reply:Mary
Reply:David. or Michael. Very classic and biblical
Reply:In my opinion it is John. I back this up with the knowledge that it is found at least three thousand years back, that some of the most famous people are named john, and john smith was voted the most common name in America. I you included other countries I guess I wouldn't be sure...?
Reply:mary is my name, and I don't think of my name as the most popular name of all time... maybe michael. in 2001 it was jacob and emily
Reply:well, believe it or not the most common name in the WORLD is muhammed