Top 5 Names in Each of the Last 100 Years (2024)

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What is the most common name in the last 100 years? ›

The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies born in each year 1923-2022. Over the last 100 years, the male name Michael has held the top spot most often (44 times), while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 33 times over those years.

Traditional names also remained high in popularity during World War I, with John and Mary topping the charts every year from 1914 to 1918, BabyCenter reports.

This year's top three baby girl names are a repeat of last year's, with Olivia, Emma, and Amelia hanging on to spots one, two, and three.

Did they use the F word in ww1? ›

Although soldiers did not openly admit to their excessive profanity use, the songs that they sang within the trenches tended to include swearing. The image of song lyrics above shows some of these terms, such as arse and f*ck.

What is the most common name on earth? According to a 2023 study, Muhammad is the most popular first name in the world, with an estimated 133,349,300 people bearing the name. Maria comes in second place with 61,134,526 people, followed by Nushi with 55,898,624.

ŠIM) is supposedly the earliest known recorded name of a person in writing. The name "Kushim" is found on several Uruk period (c. 3400–3000 BC) clay tablets used to record transactions of barley.