Heading the boys name league table for 2008 in many parts of the country including the capital, the North West, Yorkshire, the Midlands and Humberside is Mohammed. The figures released in a highly detailed statistical report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the emergence of the name surpassing the more traditional popular names.

This is the first time that an Islamic boys name has been the number one choice in any part of the UK let alone several major areas. There are several different possible spelling variations available but for the purpose of the statistics these different versions were all classed as one name as that is already a standard employed for such traditional names as Tom and Thomas and Charles and Charlie.

This is the first time a region by region statistical analysis has been used in previous years there was only a national list of most popular names. Last year saw 1825 boys named Mohammed or its different spelling variations this compares with the previous most popular name Daniel which could only manage 840 naming’s or less than 50% of the number of Mohammed’s.

Strangely London is not the first European capital city to find Mohammed as the number one choice, in fact Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Brussels and Oslo has had it as the most popular choice in recent years.

The most popular girl’s name with over 5300 registrations was Olivia followed by Ruby with 4925 and in the number 3 position was Emily with 4875. Across the globe there are at least 15 million Mohammed’s making it the most popular boy’s name on the planet.

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