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Meknes – A report from the United Kingdom’s BabyCenter published in November reported that the name Muhammad held strong for another year as the most popular boy’s name for the fifth year in a row.
Other Arab boy names were included in the top 100. Omar was ranked 79th, and Abdul was placed 90th. Noah and Oliver finished second and third, respectively, retaining their positions from the previous year.
Olivia recaptured the first position in the infant girl category after falling to second place last year, and she now replaces last year’s winner Sophia.
Both Fatima and Nur jumped 20 spots in the top 100 list for girls.
The report also mentioned that, with the outbreak of the pandemic, parents thought of names that represent hope and new beginnings. Nova for girls and Neo for boys were most used by parents.
BabyCenter reported that parents showed a tendency to pick up superheroes, sporting heroes’ names with a huge inclination towards “gender neutrality as unisex names.”
Parents at BabyCentre have long chosen gender-neutral names. Confirming that, Willow gained four spots to number 20 in the top 100 girls’ chart, as well as featuring outside the top 100 boys’ chart.
The name Sarah spread among parents as one of the developers of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine was the leading scientist Sarah Gilbert. This fact made Sarah “a popular choice this year, up five places to number 42.”
Regarding sports players’ names, the report stated that Harry gained in popularity among parents’ choices. BabyCenter also reported that the names of football players won a place “inside the top 100, Jesse (Lingard), Jack (Grealish), Benjamin (Chilwell), Luke (Shaw) all moved up in the ranking, with John (Stones) as a new entry at 93.”
