Muhammad is once again the most popular baby name for boys in England and Wales. The Mailhas the details:
More than 5,721 boys were given the specific spelling of Muhammad in 2024, a rise of 23% on last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Noah came in second, with Oliver in third, just as they did in 2023. Four Keirs were born in 2023, but none last year after Sir Keir Starmer became Prime Minister.
Olivia and Amelia held the top two spots for baby girl names for the third year in a row, but Isla dropped out of the top three after being replaced by Lily.
Olivia has been in the top three for girls’ names every year since 2006, with 2,761 girls given the name in 2024.
2024 marks the second time just one spelling of the Muhammad has topped the charts, although when all thirty-plus iterations are grouped together it has been the most common for over a decade, the Daily Mail’s analysis suggests.
Increasing sizes of Muslim communities across the UK fuelled by immigration, as well as the popularity of sporting figures such as Mo Farah, Mohamed Salah and Muhammad Ali are likely to have sparked the increase. …
Despite an initial boost in popularity for the name Meghan after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement in 2017, it saw an 83% decrease last year to just 17 babies. …
Previous analysis of baby names show they now come from a much wider range of countries and languages than they used to.
The favourite baby names at the turn of the millennium were predominantly of English, Hebrew and Latin origin.
Now, two decades later, Italian, Arabic, Norse and even Scottish-Spanish names also top the list.
Stop Press: The name Yahya – shared by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar – saw the biggest leap in UK baby name rankings last year, according to theJewish Chronicle.
Stop Press 2: Sir Keir Starmer has been dealt a blow as it has been revealed no babies born last year in England and Wales shared his name, reports GB News.
I look forward to the time when ‘Mohammed’ (and variants thereof) is the most common name among those leaving the country, voluntarily or otherwise, for good.
Anybody know what the common informal short name is for them, like Ben, Jo, etc? Perhaps it’s just as well that they don’t need to write it down by hand too much these days.
Meanwhile, concerning yet more Mohammeds…The one with the ginormous nose is going to get bailed, FFS;
”An armed police officer filmed kicking a teenager in the head at Manchester Airport could still face the sack despite the suspect yesterday being convicted of assaulting his female colleagues.
PC Zachary Marsden and a second officer have been under investigation by the police watchdog since a video of the shocking scenes of violence went viral last July.
Yet despite the Crown Prosecution Service deciding last December not to charge either officer with a criminal offence, the IOPC could still ask for the decision to be reconsidered or refer them for misconduct proceedings.”
So, the CPS are going for a trade-off – one of the muzzies gets 12 months so less his 40% and time on remand the state will owe him compensation and in order to keep the peace PC Marsden will be sacked. The other muzzie will be given ten hours community service. The mother of these two POS will receive an uplift to her PIP benefits, which she enjoys spending in pakistan, owing to “trauma.”
“Ain’t that nice, ain’t that lovely.”
mrbu
8 months ago
Another indication that the great displacement is under way.
I thought three Islamic faith was particularly sensitive about the misuse of the name of their prophet. Yes it seems ok to give children the name. So “Oi Mohammed (other spellings are available) you little tyke, come on in for your tea” seems pretty disrespectful of the property to me…?
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I look forward to the time when ‘Mohammed’ (and variants thereof) is the most common name among those leaving the country, voluntarily or otherwise, for good.
It’s certainly not very imaginative is it? I wonder if it’s also the most popular name among rapists and terrorists….
That’s a disgraceful racist slur!
Despite it being no doubt accurate.
Anybody know what the common informal short name is for them, like Ben, Jo, etc? Perhaps it’s just as well that they don’t need to write it down by hand too much these days.
Not sure if it’s common but my sister’s husband is known as Mo
At least amongst uk family
Meanwhile, concerning yet more Mohammeds…The one with the ginormous nose is going to get bailed, FFS;
”An armed police officer filmed kicking a teenager in the head at Manchester Airport could still face the sack despite the suspect yesterday being convicted of assaulting his female colleagues.
PC Zachary Marsden and a second officer have been under investigation by the police watchdog since a video of the shocking scenes of violence went viral last July.
Yet despite the Crown Prosecution Service deciding last December not to charge either officer with a criminal offence, the IOPC could still ask for the decision to be reconsidered or refer them for misconduct proceedings.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14958415/Armed-officer-punched-six-times-Manchester-Airport-thug-face-sacked.html
So, the CPS are going for a trade-off – one of the muzzies gets 12 months so less his 40% and time on remand the state will owe him compensation and in order to keep the peace PC Marsden will be sacked. The other muzzie will be given ten hours community service. The mother of these two POS will receive an uplift to her PIP benefits, which she enjoys spending in pakistan, owing to “trauma.”
“Ain’t that nice, ain’t that lovely.”
Another indication that the great displacement is under way.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/31/name-keir-dies-out-after-starmer-takes-office-baby-names/
😂😂
Not one child in 2024 was given the name Keir, the Telegraph reports.
No-one called their child ‘Evil Shyster’ either…coincidence?
Well, looking on the bright side, it will make rounding ’em up and kicking ’em out that much easier.
I thought three Islamic faith was particularly sensitive about the misuse of the name of their prophet. Yes it seems ok to give children the name. So “Oi Mohammed (other spellings are available) you little tyke, come on in for your tea” seems pretty disrespectful of the property to me…?