Muhammad is No 2 in boy's names

[Locky]

The most popular names for baby boys in 2006
1 Jack 6,928,
2 Muhammad 5,991,
3 Thomas 5,921,
4 Joshua 5,808,
5 Oliver 5,208,
6 Harry 5,006,
7 James 4,783,
8 William 4,327,
9 Samuel 4,320,
10 Daniel 4,303,
11 Charlie 4,178,
12 Benjamin 3,778,
13 Joseph 3,755,
14 Callum 3,517,
15 George 3,386,
16 Jake 3,353,
17 Alfie 3,194,
18 Luke 3,108,
19 Matthew 3,043,
20 Ethan 3,020

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1890354.ece

Wow...

[Xaccers]

I can't believe there are 5208 unfortunate children called Oliver! Parents can be evil sometimes

A friend of mine used to teach a kid called Dwayne Pipes (I actually lived next to a Wayne with a son called Dwayne), and a brother and sister, the Fletts, Lee and Pam
She also had a kid at school with a last name pronouced "Hofluer" but in true Bucket style, it was spelt Hogsflesh!

[papa smurf]

is he someone famous then ?

[Russ]

I was in school with a guy called William Williams. We used to call him Billy Twice.

[Locky]

Originally Posted by Xaccers

I can't believe there are 5208 unfortunate children called Oliver! Parents can be evil sometimes

A friend of mine used to teach a kid called Dwayne Pipes (I actually lived next to a Wayne with a son called Dwayne), and a brother and sister, the Fletts, Lee and Pam
She also had a kid at school with a last name pronouced "Hofluer" but in true Bucket style, it was spelt Hogsflesh!

it is a bit of a shame yes lol

[BBKing]

My Grandad, my Dad, me, my son, my brother-in-law are all in the top 20. How boring are we?

Obligatory silly child's name - Nicholas Bott.

[Tezcatlipoca]

"Matthew" is only no.19

[Chicken]

There was a kid called Gorden Bennett as school with me, and one or two Master Bates....

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Matt D

"Matthew" is only no.19

Andrew doesn't even make the top 20 which is suprising for me.

[BBKing]

On the other extreme, putting my other half's first name in Google comes up with just her eBay profile, thus making it about the most unique name in the world, with a score of 0 every year since 1972. Can't be too many eBayers under just their first name.

[Locky]

i am suprised there is only muhammed in there, and not abdul that 1 seems to be real popular.

[Tezcatlipoca]

I find it strange that "John" isn't in the top 20. I always thought that was rather common.



And "David"...where's "David"? Everyone knows at least one "Dave"!

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Matt D

I find it strange that "John" isn't in the top 20. I always thought that was rather common.

Actually, that's an interesting point.
Jack is a form of John.
Mohammed is not actually the second most popular name.
It's way down there with only 2833 occurances.

"But wait, they've added all the different spellings together" I hear you cry.
And indeed they have:

Mohammed 2,833

Muhammad 1,422

Mohammad 920

Muhammed 358

Mohamed 354

Mohamad 29

Mahammed 18

Mohammod 13

Mahamed 12

Muhammod 9

Muhamad 7

Mohmmed 6

Mohamud 5

Mohammud 5

The thing is, they've not done the same with the other names.
Jack is a form of John, likewise with Jon, Jonny, Johnny, Jonothan, Johnathan etc.
I'd put money on that they've not done the same with Andrew, Andy, Andi, Andre, Drew etc either.
Dammit! They're flasifying the data to keep my name out of the top 20!

[papa smurf]

what about cletus

[budwieser]

Originally Posted by Locky

The most popular names for baby boys in 2006
1 Jack 6,928,
2 Muhammad 5,991,
3 Thomas 5,921,
4 Joshua 5,808,
5 Oliver 5,208,
6 Harry 5,006,
7 James 4,783,
8 William 4,327,
9 Samuel 4,320,
10 Daniel 4,303,
11 Charlie 4,178,
12 Benjamin 3,778,
13 Joseph 3,755,
14 Callum 3,517,
15 George 3,386,
16 Jake 3,353,
17 Alfie 3,194,
18 Luke 3,108,
19 Matthew 3,043,
20 Ethan 3,020

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1890354.ece

Wow...

I used to go to school with a couple of guys, their names were `Paul Mycock` and `Wayne Kerr` Lol.