most common name in the world
Statistics[edit] According to the sixth edition of The Columbia Encyclopedia (2000), Muhammad is probably the most common given name [in the world], including variations. It is estimated that more than 150 million men and boys in the world bear the name Muhammad. Muhammad was the most common baby boy name in England and Wales in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and the second most popular in 2007 and 2010, combining 14 spelling variations. Mohammed and Mohamed were the first most popular baby name in DÃ©partement Seine-Saint-Denis (2002, 2008) and in Marseilles (2007, 2009), France.