A DAY TO REMEMBER. On Friday, March 17, students from the UF College of Medicine class of 2017 discovered where they will spend the next four years â or more â of their medical careers.
Revealed: Why hispanic surnames dominate most common women's name combinations in America. 1  More than 38,000 Americans have the name James Smith. 2  On a list of the top 13 most popular full names in the U.S., the majority of the last names were Smith. 3  All but one of the most popular female full names have Spanish origins.
Please note that popular names listed below are not necessarily consistently popular in every year. For example, the name James, ranked as the most popular male name over the last 100 years, has been ranked as low as number 19. Similarly, the most popular female name in the table, Mary, ranked as low as 124. Popular names for births in 1916-2015. Females.