For any parents out there looking for baby name inspiration, perhaps looking at the most popular names of billionaires will be helpful. That’s not to say that these people became super rich due just to their name, but it is interesting to look at the most commonly used monikers.
Digital marketing expert Julian Goldie examined data from Bloomberg.com‘s top 500 global billionaires list to see which names were most frequently used. Unsurprisingly, the entire top 10 is made up of male names, as men have traditionally been afforded the types of opportunities that can lead to becoming a billionaire.
But since the Bloomberg list is constantly changing as it updates people’s net worths in real time, the list is subject to change. And we’ve added a few female billionaire names to this article for further baby name inspiration.
Keep reading to see which monikers were the most popular.
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John
Thomas
Seven billionaires named Thomas (and one who goes by Tom) are on the top 500 list. According to Goldie’s data, they have a collective net worth of $100.2 billion. But most of that comes from 80-year-old businessman Thomas Peterffy who currently has a $54 billion net worth.
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Michael
According to the Social Security Administration, Michael has been the second overall most used baby name for boys in the last 100 years. A whopping 4,350,425 boys named Michael were born between 1924 and 2023. By that notion, the six billionaires named Michael (and one who goes by Mike) almost seems a little on the low end.
Wang
In China, their surname comes first — and Wang is the second most popular surname, per China Highlights. About 7.41% of China’s 1.4 billion population share the name Wang. On Bloomberg‘s billionaires list, there are six Wangs in the top 500.
Mark
There are six people named Mark currently in the top 500 billionaires worldwide. Two of them are among the most well-known in America. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is the third richest man in the world, with a net worth of $207 billion. Shark Tank‘s Mark Cuban also made the list at number 368 with a net worth of $7.99 billion, per Bloomberg.
Charles
According to CBS News, King Charles has a $2.3 billion net worth, but even that wasn’t enough to crack the top 500. Still, his name appears on the Bloomberg list. There are currently three billionaires named Charles on that list, all with at least $6 billion to their names.
Zhang
The other prominent Chinese surname on the billionaires list was Zhang, which five people share. According to Goldie’s data, the five of them have a combined net worth of $82.5 billion. Per China Highlights, Zhang is the third most common surname in China.
