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Every time Baby Name Wizard is mentioned, I have to post the link to the most interesting blog post ever written: http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2007/7

• ihuman 8y ago
  > More on this in the months to come... What came of this?
  • jackhack 8y ago
    Last updated 2006. Obviously I can't speak for the original researcher but I can contribute this: in the past 12 years, in England, variations of Mohamed have become the most common boys' name, putting a rather distinct and punctuated end to the dominance of the traditional "big four" (George, John, James, Edward).
    • aleksei 8y ago
      It's not quite that simple: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/21/oliver-olivia-most-popular-baby-names-second-year-running https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/21/oliver-... Relevant quotes: > Muhammad was the 10th most popular name for boys, but if the alternative spellings of Mohammed or Mohammad were included, it would be about as popular as Oliver and its variants, such as Olly, across England and Wales, the ONS said. > Muslims make up about 5% of the UK population, but Muslim families are more likely to call their sons Mohammed than any other name with an Islamic tradition, the data suggested.
  • hudibras 8y ago
    One update from 2012: http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2012/5/the-shape-of-boys-names-an-update-on-the-age-of-aidan http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2012/5/the-shape-of-b...