'Mohammed' is now the UK's most popular name for baby boys

[Newsjock]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Move over Jack.

Mohammed is giving you the boot and taking your place as the most popular baby name in the United Kingdom.

Last year, according to Britain's Office of National Statistics, a total of 7,549 newborns were given 12 variations of the Islamic prophet Mohammed's name, such as Muhammad and Mohammad. Media outlets such as CNN have lumped the disparate spellings and declared Mohammed the No. 1 name.

Oliver was in the No. 2 spot and Jack was relegated to No. 3.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=76121&tsp=1

[BurtWorm]

1. How many infants in all were born in the UK?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. About 700,000; so about 350,000 boys (nt)

[d_b]

2. Well at least it's not 'Smegma'

how shitty would that be?

[originalpckelly]

3. That's not a good name for a cheese maker to have.

:spank:

[ET Awful]

4. All things considered, I'd rather be named Mohammed than Oliver

:)

[Davis_X_Machina]

5. There's no compelling cultural reason for...

....non-Muslim boys in the UK to cluster under a single first name. There is for Muslims.

This is as non-remarkable as the high number of Sikhs with the surname 'Singh', and for the same reasons.

[Coventina]

6. I've never understood why it's okay to name your kid "Mohammed" but

visual depictions are anathema.

:shrug: