{"id":322,"date":"2010-06-05T18:08:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T22:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/?p=322"},"modified":"2016-02-06T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-06T15:41:46","slug":"church-names-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/2010\/06\/church-names-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Names in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were to name a church, how would you go about it? Let\u2019s see how people have named churches in the U.S. by looking at a random sample of 300,000 church names gathered using the Yahoo! Local Search API<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Word “Church”<\/h3>\n

You might start with the word \u201cchurch\u201d in your name. About 2\/3 of churches in the dataset have the word \u201cchurch.\u201d (The number of churches with the word “church” in reality is higher, as the dataset often truncates names.) Other popular nouns: center, fellowship, chapel, assembly, ministries (or ministry), temple, tabernacle, and iglesia.<\/p>\n

Most Common Words in Church Names<\/h3>\n

Here\u2019s a wordle<\/a> of the most common words that appear in church names (excluding the word “church”):<\/p>\n

\"Wordle<\/a><\/p>\n

Most Common Words in Church Names, Excluding Denominations<\/h3>\n

Denominations overpower the raw list. Here\u2019s a wordle of the same data without denomination names:<\/p>\n

\"Wordle<\/a><\/p>\n

Full Church Names<\/h3>\n

Here are the most common church names in the U.S. Also download the top 1,000 church names in the U.S.<\/a> (29 KB Excel document), covering 95,000 churches, if you want more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Church Name<\/th>\nChurches<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
first baptist church<\/td>\n5,115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
church of christ<\/td>\n2,854<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
first united methodist church<\/td>\n2,149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
first presbyterian church<\/td>\n1,960<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
united methodist church<\/td>\n1,488<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
seventh-day adventist church<\/td>\n1,478<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
first christian church<\/td>\n1,309<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
calvary baptist church<\/td>\n1,197<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
church of the nazarene<\/td>\n915<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
trinity lutheran church<\/td>\n892<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
salvation army<\/td>\n867<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
first assembly of god<\/td>\n744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
church of god<\/td>\n677<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
faith baptist church<\/td>\n663<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
st john’s lutheran church<\/td>\n601<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grace baptist church<\/td>\n600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
first congregational church<\/td>\n575<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
assembly of god church<\/td>\n565<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
new hope baptist church<\/td>\n540<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
zion lutheran church<\/td>\n523<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Saints<\/h3>\n

The word \u201cSt.\u201d (Saint) is common in more traditional churches, such as Catholic, Episcopalian, and Lutheran. Here are the most popular saint names used for churches:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Saint<\/th>\nChurches<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
John<\/td>\n3,713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul<\/td>\n3,210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mary<\/td>\n1,832<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter<\/td>\n1,362<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
James<\/td>\n1,270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joseph<\/td>\n1,153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mark<\/td>\n1,062<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke<\/td>\n1,053<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew<\/td>\n789<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew<\/td>\n724<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen<\/td>\n582<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael<\/td>\n532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Francis<\/td>\n530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas<\/td>\n511<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patrick<\/td>\n431<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anthony<\/td>\n381<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George<\/td>\n329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ann(e)<\/td>\n282<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nicholas<\/td>\n253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth<\/td>\n220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Mountains<\/h3>\n

Mountains and hills are common names for churches. I suspect that “Spring Hill” and the assorted “Pleasant”s come from the city names where the churches stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mountain<\/th>\nChurches<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
mt zion<\/td>\n1,587<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt olive(t)<\/td>\n1,122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt calvary<\/td>\n619<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt carmel<\/td>\n528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt pleasant<\/td>\n475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pleasant hill<\/td>\n394<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt moriah<\/td>\n329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt sinai<\/td>\n316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
zion hill<\/td>\n200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt pisgah<\/td>\n191<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt nebo<\/td>\n139<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt tabor<\/td>\n136<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt pilgrim<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt hope<\/td>\n108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt gilead<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt bethel<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
spring hill<\/td>\n90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt hermon<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt lebanon<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mars hill<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Denominations<\/h3>\n

Here are the most-common two-word phrases (including denomination names) used in some of the more popular denominations. “First” appears in 12% of Baptist church names, 10% of Methodist church names, only 3% of Lutheran church names, and fully 21% of Presbyterian church names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Baptist<\/th>\nMethodist<\/th>\nLutheran<\/th>\nPresbyterian<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
first baptist<\/td>\nunited methodist<\/td>\ntrinity lutheran<\/td>\nfirst presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
missionary baptist<\/td>\nfirst united<\/td>\nst john’s<\/td>\nunited presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
freewill baptist<\/td>\nchapel united<\/td>\nst paul’s<\/td>\ncumberland presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grove baptist<\/td>\nfree methodist<\/td>\nevangelical lutheran<\/td>\nkorean presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
calvary baptist<\/td>\ntrinity united<\/td>\nzion lutheran<\/td>\nwestminster presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hill baptist<\/td>\nmemorial united<\/td>\ngrace lutheran<\/td>\ncovenant presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
zion baptist<\/td>\nst paul<\/td>\nour savior’s<\/td>\ncommunity presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hope baptist<\/td>\ngrace united<\/td>\nfaith lutheran<\/td>\nmemorial presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
creek baptist<\/td>\ngrove united<\/td>\nimmanuel lutheran<\/td>\ntrinity presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
faith baptist<\/td>\nwesley united<\/td>\nchrist lutheran<\/td>\northodox presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt zion<\/td>\nzion united<\/td>\npeace lutheran<\/td>\nreformed presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bethel baptist<\/td>\nhill united<\/td>\nredeemer lutheran<\/td>\ngrace presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
new hope<\/td>\nchrist united<\/td>\nfirst lutheran<\/td>\nhill presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grace baptist<\/td>\nbethel united<\/td>\ngood shepherd<\/td>\nfaith presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bible baptist<\/td>\nfaith united<\/td>\nhope lutheran<\/td>\nhope presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
chapel baptist<\/td>\nhope united<\/td>\ncalvary lutheran<\/td>\nchrist presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
community baptist<\/td>\nstreet united<\/td>\nbethlehem lutheran<\/td>\ncentral presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mt olive<\/td>\nasbury united<\/td>\nst peter’s<\/td>\nvalley presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
memorial baptist<\/td>\npark united<\/td>\nbethany lutheran<\/td>\ncreek presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
southern baptist<\/td>\nsalem united<\/td>\nmessiah lutheran<\/td>\npark presbyterian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you were to name a church, how would you go about it? Let\u2019s see how people have named churches in the U.S. by looking at a random sample of 300,000 church names gathered using the Yahoo! Local Search API. The Word “Church” You might start with the word \u201cchurch\u201d in your name. About 2\/3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}