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The Name Game


Lets play the name game, shall we.


Discover the most common names in your Genealogy database. Hannah and Helen will likely succumb to the popularity of Mary and Margaret, but perhaps not. Are Smith and Jones as popular on all sides of the Pond? Unlikely. Discover yours today.

Now, when you play The Name Game, your top results are tallied and merged into the grand totals shown below. Run yours now and see how the numbers change. You can use your results to see how you compare to the cumulative totals. You can use the form below to post your top results or let us know how you affected the totals.

More name game fun can be found in the 4 part series I published here a couple of years ago called What's In a Name.

If you have comments, questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to chime in using the form provided below, and pleeeeease, for the love of John, take a moment and give The Name Game an honest >> review <<.

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The following statistics were derived from 489 unique databases totalling more than 2.43 million people.


... and the most popular names are ...


Most Popular Boys Names
John (78116)
William (63014)
James (36892)
Thomas (34850)
George (27298)
Joseph (24568)
Robert (24467)
Charles (20252)
Henry (18213)
Johann (16942)
Richard (16118)
David (13549)
Jean (13043)
Edward (12448)
Samuel (11687)
Peter (10616)
Jan (9533)
Michael (9173)
Daniel (8367)
Jacob (7888)
Most Popular Girls Names
Mary (70213)
Elizabeth (43360)
Sarah (31786)
Anna (29122)
Marie (25021)
Margaret (19779)
Maria (17831)
Ann (14476)
Jane (12643)
Martha (12224)
Anne (11138)
Catherine (10893)
Alice (9972)
Hannah (9771)
Nancy (8038)
Emma (7990)
Jeanne (6684)
Rebecca (6351)
Ellen (6306)
Susan (6226)


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