Top Names for Professionals Worldwide
Here are the top names for a variety of professionals worldwide, according to an analysis of LinkedIn profiles:
Top 10 Names for Engineers Worldwide
1. Ravi
2. Amit
3. Vijay
4. Rajesh
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5. Alexander
6. Erik
7. Rahul
8. Jason
9. Jeremy
10. Matthew
Top 10 Names for U.S. Engineers
1. Rajesh
2. Ravi
3. Vijay
4. Amit
5. Raj
6. Simon
7. Nathan
8. Erik
9. Alexander
10. Jeremy
Top 10 Names for Female U.S. Engineers
1. Kiran
2. Jun
3. Yi
4. Ming
5. Li
6. Priya
7. Irina
8. Olga
9. Marina
10. Elena
Top 10 Names in HR Worldwide
1. Emma
2. Katie
3. Claire
4. Jennifer
5. Natalie
6. Amy
7. Melanie
8. Jill
9. Heather
10. Erin
Top 10 Names in Law Enforcement Worldwide
1. Billy
2. Darrell
3. Pete
4. Rodney
5. Troy
6. Chad
7. Shawn
8. Timothy
9. Donald
10. Jeffrey
Top 10 Global Names in Sales
1. Chip
2. Todd
3. Trey
4. Fredrik
5. Jesper
6. Chad
7. Brad
8. Claus
9. Scott
10. Henrik
Top 10 Names in Restaurants and Food Service Worldwide
1. Thierry
2. Philippe
3. Laurent
4. Christophe
5. Alain
6. Stephane
7. Pascal
8. Olivier
9. Guillaume
10. Pierre
Top 10 Names in Athletics Worldwide
1. Ryan
2. Matt
3. Jessica
4. Matthew
5. Jason
6. Scott
7. Chris
8. Brian
9. Amy
10. Kevin
Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.