Top Names for Professionals Worldwide

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Here are the top names for a variety of professionals worldwide, according to an analysis of LinkedIn profiles:

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Top 10 Names for Engineers Worldwide

1. Ravi

2. Amit

3. Vijay

4. Rajesh

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
Live Science Contributor

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.