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Popularity by region
The names listed in the following tables, unless otherwise noted, represent the most current top 10 breakdowns of what newborn children are commonly being named in the various regions of the world.
reliably sourced entries.
Africa
Male names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea (2011)1 |
Manuel | Juan | Antonio | José | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Libyacitation needed | Mohammed | Ahmed | Ali | Hamza | Ibrahim | Mahmoud | Abdallah | Tareq | Hassan | Khaled |
| Morocco2 | Mohamed | Ahmed | Mohammed | Said | Rachid | Mustapha | Youssef | Hassan | Abdel-salam | Ali |
| Tunisia 3 | Mehdi | Youssef | Aziz | Karim | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Female names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea (2011)1 |
María del Carmen | Isabel | María Teresa | Esperanza | Milagrosa | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Libyacitation needed | Aya | Rania | Sarah | Reem | Hoda | Marwa | Mona | Fatima | Eisha | Nesreen |
| Morocco4 | Fatima | Khadija | Aicha | Malika | Naima | Rachida | Nadia | Karima | Amina | Saida |
| Tunisia5 (2005) | Mariam | Shayma | Khawla | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Asia
Male names
| Region (year) | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 | No. 8 | No. 9 | No. 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arab world (2011) (BabyCenter Arabia members)6 | Mohamed | Ahmed | Yousef | Omar | Ali | Abdallah | Adam | Yassin | Abdul Rahman | Eyad |
| India (BabyCenter, 2011)7 | Alok | Vivaan | Mohammed | Aditya | Vihaan | Arnav | Aryan | Arjun | Atharv | Ayaan |
| Iran (babies born 2010–2011)8 | Amir-Ali | AbulFazl | Amir-Hossein | Ali | Mohammad | Amir-Mohammad | Mahdi | Hossein | Mohammad-Mahdi | Reza |
| Iran (general population)9 |
Mohammad | Ali | Hossein | Mahdi | Hassan | Reza | Ahmad | Reza | Abbas | Ali-Reza |
| Iraq (2007)citation needed |
Ali | Muhammed | Hussein | Hydar | Ahmed | Omar | Hasan | Kathem | Abdullah | Ammar |
| Israel, Jewish boys (2010) 10 |
Noam | Itai | Uri | Yehonatan | Daniel | David | Ariel | Ido | Yosef | Itamar |
| Israel, 11 | Noam | Amit | Ariel | Daniel | Adi | Ma'ayan | Yuval | Yahli | Omer | Lior |
| Israel, Muslim boys (2009)12 | Muhammad | Ahmad | Hamid | Abd | Yousouf | Adam | Omar | Mahmud | Ali | Amir |
| Israel, Christian boys (2004) 13 |
Elias | George | Amir | Fadi | Yousouf | Sharbal | Baasal | Majd | Julian | Bashar |
| Israel, Druze boys (2004) 13 |
Adam | Omri | Eyal | Amir | Salman | Rani | Tamir | Yosef | Bahah | Daniel |
| Japan (2010)14 |
Ren | Hiroto | Sōta | Yūma | Sora | Yūto (悠斗) | Yūto (悠人) | Kotarō | Taiga | Itsuki |
| Jordan (2009)15 |
Mohammad | Ahmad | Abdul Rahman |