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August 14th, 2012
12:19 PM ET
Mohammed retakes top spot in English baby namesBy Richard Allen Greene, CNN Mohammed reclaimed its place as the most popular name for baby boys born in England and Wales in 2011 - convincingly ahead of Harry, in second place, according to data released by the government this week. The government declared that Harry was the most popular boy's name, but if you add up the five most popular different spellings of Mohammed, that name comes top. Mohammed is also the most popular boy's name of the past five years for England and Wales, ahead of Oliver and Jack. It came first or second every year since 2007, the only name to do so. And it could become even more popular in 2012, given the adulation around long-distance runner Mo Farah, who won two gold medals for Britain at the Olympics.
The popularity of the name comes as Britain's Muslim population is expected to double in the next 20 years. The country, which was about 2% Muslim in 1990, grew to 4.6% Muslim in 2010, with nearly 2.9 million followers of the faith, according to analysis by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. By 2030, the United Kingdom will be just over 8% Muslim, with more than 5.5 million adherents, the Washington-based think tank projected in a 2011 report, "The Future of the Global Muslim Population." Mohammed first became the most popular boy's name in England in 2009, then was knocked back into second place the next year as Oliver enjoyed a huge surge in popularity. Harry, the name of Prince William's younger brother and J.K. Rowling's boy wizard, leaped into second place in 2011, with 7,523 boys given the moniker, topping the 7,007 Olivers. But the name of the Muslim prophet was given to 7,907 baby boys, according to CNN analysis of Office of National Statistics data. Mohammed, Muhammad and Mohammad were all among the top 100 most popular names, with Muhammed and Mohamed also coming in the top 200. A total of 37,564 babies have been given a variation of the name in the past five years. Some 36,653 Olivers and 36,581 Jacks were born in England and Wales since 2007. The British government keeps separate statistics for Scotland and for Northern Ireland, the other two nations that make up the United Kingdom. The 2011 British census had an optional question about religion. Results are expected in November. At least four different spellings of the name Mohammed are among the 1,000 most popular American boys' names in 2011, according to the Social Security Administration. Mohamed is the top, in 428th place, with Muhammad in 480th, Mohammed in 562nd and Mohammad in 609th. The United States is about 0.8% Muslim, with about 2.6 million adherents, the Pew Forum calculates.
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I always like to have a bit of a laugh at people who beleive in god, and thats any god, so called intelligent people beleiving in something so ridiclous.This so called loving god who stands by and lets thousands of children and babies totaly innocent die horribly and painfully every day all for a little food and water,whats gods problem is he having trouble navigating a few rain clouds to Africa all powerful yeh sure.If he does exist he is quite clearly one vile individual.oh dear I hope he doesent strike me down I wont be losing any sleep.As for the muslims what a joke if your god exists why does he keep letting American soldiers kill muslims, even more puzzling to me muslims murder each other every day just for being the wrong kind of muslim so which is best sunni or shiite even they can't get along what chance do any of us have.The one thing I know for sure is as people become more intelligent and less blinkered and continually see the true horror of this world they will finally realise there is no god and all religions will cease to exist a long lingering death.However we could all go about our business in a nice way being nice to each other looking after each other regardless of race or colour thats the world I would like to see.
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