The 20 Most Popular Names On Facebook

If you were curious about the most popular names on Facebook, we’ve got a special treat for you! Today Rapleaf, a social media research company, has produced a report with some of the most popular names on Facebook. Bringing in the title was John Smith, with 75,980 users named John Smith. Coming a distant second was Joe Smith, with 14,648 names. The number of users with the last name Smith was pretty impressive: 1,049,158.

Rapleaf has a full report with the most popular first names, last names, and full names. We’ve included the top 20 most popular names below but they are pretty consistent as the last name Smith dominates the board. We’ve also include the list of the top 20 most popular first and 20 most popular last names on the site. What’s most interesting about the names is the demographic breakdown.

With Facebook expanding internationally, you would expect many of the names to either be in a different language or at least a different root. If you want the full 100 name lists, you can visit the Rapleaf blog.

20 Most Popular Full Names

1. 1. 75980 – JOHN SMITH
   2. 14648 – JOE SMITH
   3. 13846 – BOB SMITH
   4. 11199 – MIKE SMITH
   5. 10254 – JUAN CARLOS
   6. 10023 – JANE SMITH
   7. 10014 – MIKE JONES
   8. 9322 – DAVID SMITH
   9. 8534 – SARAH SMITH
   10. 8397 – JAMES SMITH
   11. 8075 – PAUL SMITH
   12. 7850 – MARIO ROSSI
   13. 7718 – STEVE SMITH
   14. 7504 – MARK SMITH
   15. 7419 – CHRIS SMITH
   16. 7167 – JUAN PEREZ
   17. 6890 – MICHAEL SMITH
   18. 6807 – JASON SMITH
   19. 6614 – JOHN JOHNSON
   20. 6244 – LISA SMITH

20 Most Popular First Names

1. 1. 1. 1037972 – JOHN
      2. 966439 – DAVID
      3. 798212 – MICHAEL
      4. 647966 – CHRIS
      5. 535065 – MIKE
      6. 526198 – MARK
      7. 511504 – PAUL
      8. 504203 – DANIEL
      9. 494945 – JAMES
      10. 484693 – MARIA
      11. 473145 – SARAH
      12. 446040 – LAURA
      13. 440356 – ROBERT
      14. 434239 – LISA
      15. 433717 – JENNIFER
      16. 415707 – ANDREA
      17. 395264 – STEVE
      18. 392560 – PETER
      19. 385465 – KEVIN
      20. 384864 – JASON

20 Most Popular Last Names

1. 1. 1. 1. 1049158 – SMITH
         2. 520943 – JONES
         3. 440978 – JOHNSON
         4. 392709 – LEE
         5. 375444 – BROWN
         6. 372486 – WILLIAMS
         7. 328984 – RODRIGUEZ
         8. 311477 – GARCIA
         9. 277987 – GONZALEZ
         10. 269896 – LOPEZ
         11. 260526 – MARTINEZ
         12. 255625 – MARTIN
         13. 239264 – PEREZ
         14. 236072 – MILLER
         15. 228635 – TAYLOR
         16. 224529 – THOMAS
         17. 220076 – WILSON
         18. 212179 – DAVIS
         19. 204775 – KHAN
         20. 197390 – ALI
         21. 196921 – SINGH
         22. 196829 – SANCHEZ

John Smith image from Encyclopedia Britannica.