‘Muhammad’ Becomes Most Popular Boy Name in U.K.

The Islamic name Muhammad has become the most popular name in the United Kingdom, according to data released by the Office of National Statistics.

Muhammad was the second most popular boy name in 2022 and has been on top charts Since 2016. More than 4,600 boys were named Muhammad in 2023, almost 500 more than in 2022. The names Noah and Oliver were the second and third most popular.

The name, using the spelling Mohammed, first appeared on Britain’s top 100 rankings in 1924, rising in the 1960s.

Muhammad was also the most popular first name for newborns in Berlin, Germany, last year. The name also gained popularity across the German states of Bremen and Hesse.

For girls, the most popular name was Olivia, with Amelia and Isla being the second and third most popular girls’ names.

According to The Daily Mail, the name Bodhi saw the greatest one-year shift, rising from the 637th most popular name to the 100th.

New entries to the list included Hazel, Lilah, Autumn, Nevaeh, and Raya for girls, and Jax, Enzo, and Bodhi for boys.

The data also indicated that celebrity names have risen in popularity, with the names Margot and Cillian becoming more popular due to the films “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance called the U.K. an “Islamist country.”

“I was talking with a friend recently and we were talking about [how] one of the big dangers in the world, of course, is nuclear proliferation, though the Biden administration doesn’t care about it,” Vance said during the National Conservatism Conference. “And I was talking about what is the first truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon, and we were like, maybe it’s Iran, maybe Pakistan already kind of counts, and then we sort of finally decided maybe it’s actually the U.K., since Labour just took over.”

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