August 2010 Quiz

I had so much fun figuring out compiling the answer to last month’s quiz, I decided to look back at ancestors to see what the most common male and female names were. I limited the search to just relatives, not including spouses.

So this month’s quiz is what are the most common male and female names overall?

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At this point in time, I have about 25,000 names in the tree. The results this time were not quite as surprising.

For women, the most common name was Mary (280 people.) The next most common names were Sarah (150) and Elizabeth (72.)

For men, the most common name was William (272 people.) The next most common names were Charles (195) and John (157.)

I think that’s about as far as I can go with names.