Have you ever wondered the most common names in the world? We hear names that are popular where we live, but what are the most popular names in the world? This amazing video shows us just that! It’s so cool! I love learning about other places, and learning about what common and popular names around the world is so neat. Do you have one of the most popular names in the world? Check it out!

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Names are soooo important around the world!

Ever Wonder The Most Common Names In The World?

Growing up my class had more Jennifer’s than any other name. I remember being so jealous that my name was Mary and not Jennifer. Mostly because the Jennifer’s all seemed to get along.

It was that recognition that came from having the same name. But turns out, in the US at least, there are more Mary’s and James’s than any other name.

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Wait up Wild Bear!

I never would have guessed that as the Jennifer’s held their Jennifer-only sleepovers.

Sure, Mary wasn’t popular for my generation, but before that?

Boy HOWDY were there a lot of Mary’s floating around!

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Hey! There are the names Mary & James!

But where did names even come from?

A name is basically a sound you make to get someone’s attention, and yet over the past 100,000 or so years since human’s began using language, names have become so much more than that.

Like, did you know names used to be used to designate who a person was? ‘Baker’, ‘Cook’, ‘Son of John’, names were a way of identifying family trade and so much more.

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Would they be the same under another name?

Now, though, names are more fluid and parents work hard at finding the most unique name they can for their children.

So what’s in a name?

Take a look!

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What did you think was the most popular name in the world?



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