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Rarest Nursery Rhyme — All 82 Answers Ranked by Rarity

82 answers are accepted for “Name a nursery rhyme”. Entten tentten teelikamentten is the rarest nursery rhyme in this ranking, with 558 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Tre pepparkaksgubbar is the second-rarest with 664 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.19× the figure for Entten tentten teelikamentten. Monday's Child is the most common nursery rhyme in this ranking, with 419,692 monthly Wikipedia views, 752.1× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 82 answers: 3,818,251. Entten tentten teelikamentten is under 0.1% of that total. 17 answers are Epic or Legendary: Entten tentten teelikamentten (Legendary), Tre pepparkaksgubbar (Legendary), There Was a Man in Our Town (Legendary), and 14 more.

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Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

82 answers to “Name a nursery rhyme”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views
1 Entten tentten teelikamentten on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 558
2 Tre pepparkaksgubbar on Wikipedia Legendary 0.988 664
3 There Was a Man in Our Town on Wikipedia Legendary 0.975 1,004
4 Here Comes an Old Soldier from Botany Bay on Wikipedia Legendary 0.963 1,529
5 Poor Mary on Wikipedia Legendary 0.951 1,795
6 Little Arabella Miller on Wikipedia Legendary 0.938 1,859
7 Needles and Pins on Wikipedia Epic 0.926 2,285
8 Little Poll Parrot on Wikipedia Epic 0.914 2,583
9 Le Carillon de Vendôme on Wikipedia Epic 0.901 2,887
10 I Have Two Hands on Wikipedia Epic 0.889 3,851
11 Arthur o' Bower on Wikipedia Epic 0.877 3,952
12 The Old Woman and Her Pig on Wikipedia Epic 0.864 4,103
13 Pretty Little Dutch Girl on Wikipedia Epic 0.852 5,324
14 Nuts in May on Wikipedia Epic 0.840 5,581
15 Akai Kutsu on Wikipedia Epic 0.827 5,613
16 Five Little Speckled Frogs on Wikipedia Epic 0.815 6,460
17 Hark, Hark! The Dogs Do Bark on Wikipedia Epic 0.802 6,506
18 How Many Miles to Babylon? on Wikipedia Rare 0.790 6,898
19 Girls and Boys Come Out to Play on Wikipedia Rare 0.778 7,276
20 Down Down Baby on Wikipedia Rare 0.765 7,807
21 Did You Ever See a Lassie? on Wikipedia Rare 0.753 8,434
22 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John on Wikipedia Rare 0.741 8,823
23 Two Little Dickie Birds on Wikipedia Rare 0.728 10,721
24 Two Tigers on Wikipedia Rare 0.716 10,809
25 Little Tommy Tucker on Wikipedia Rare 0.704 13,381
26 One for the Money on Wikipedia Rare 0.691 13,710
27 Five Little Ducks on Wikipedia Rare 0.679 14,917
28 Cock a doodle doo on Wikipedia Rare 0.667 15,190
29 Yon Yonson on Wikipedia Rare 0.654 15,322
30 The Queen of Hearts on Wikipedia Rare 0.642 15,332
31 Bye, baby Bunting on Wikipedia Rare 0.630 17,966
32 Taffy was a Welshman on Wikipedia Rare 0.617 18,393
33 Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son on Wikipedia Rare 0.605 20,058
34 Miss Susie on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.593 21,446
35 Three Little Kittens on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.580 22,513
36 Miss Lucy had a baby on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.568 23,761
37 Ladybird, Ladybird on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.556 24,172
38 Pussy Cat Pussy Cat on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.543 26,142
39 To market, to market on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.531 26,264
40 Miss Polly Had a Dolly on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.519 26,467
41 Pease Porridge Hot on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.506 26,885
42 Ding Dong Bell on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.494 27,425
43 This Is the House That Jack Built on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.481 33,288
44 Little Boy Blue on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.469 33,324
45 Jack Be Nimble on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.457 34,404
46 Johnny Johnny Yes Papa on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.444 38,448
47 Simple Simon on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.432 39,628
48 Sticks and Stones on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.420 41,468
49 Mary Mack on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.407 43,054
50 Goosey Goosey Gander on Wikipedia Familiar 0.395 45,728
51 See Saw Margery Daw on Wikipedia Familiar 0.383 46,005
52 Hot Cross Buns on Wikipedia Familiar 0.370 46,933
53 Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross on Wikipedia Familiar 0.358 50,676
54 Cock Robin on Wikipedia Familiar 0.346 52,281
55 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush on Wikipedia Familiar 0.333 52,486
56 Old King Cole on Wikipedia Familiar 0.321 53,513
57 Jack Sprat on Wikipedia Familiar 0.309 57,447
58 Peter Piper on Wikipedia Familiar 0.296 59,279
59 Old Mother Hubbard on Wikipedia Familiar 0.284 59,556
60 Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater on Wikipedia Familiar 0.272 65,070
61 It's Raining, It's Pouring on Wikipedia Familiar 0.259 65,342
62 Little Bo-Peep on Wikipedia Familiar 0.247 65,415
63 Wee Willie Winkie on Wikipedia Familiar 0.235 67,096
64 This Old Man on Wikipedia Familiar 0.222 68,679
65 Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man on Wikipedia Familiar 0.210 73,511
66 Little Miss Muffet on Wikipedia Common 0.198 73,723
67 Thirty Days Hath September on Wikipedia Common 0.185 76,310
68 There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe on Wikipedia Common 0.173 84,971
69 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe on Wikipedia Common 0.160 88,364
70 Rock-a-bye Baby on Wikipedia Common 0.148 92,983
71 Row, Row, Row Your Boat on Wikipedia Common 0.136 93,878
72 Three Blind Mice on Wikipedia Common 0.123 96,712
73 Jack and Jill on Wikipedia Common 0.111 100,522
74 What Are Little Boys Made Of? on Wikipedia Common 0.099 102,295
75 Little Jack Horner on Wikipedia Common 0.086 106,073
76 Hey Diddle Diddle on Wikipedia Common 0.074 111,675
77 This Little Piggy on Wikipedia Common 0.062 121,611
78 Mary Had a Little Lamb on Wikipedia Common 0.049 127,359
79 Rub-a-dub-dub on Wikipedia Common 0.037 141,992
80 Sing a Song of Sixpence on Wikipedia Common 0.025 145,087
81 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep on Wikipedia Common 0.012 155,707
82 Monday's Child on Wikipedia Common 0.000 419,692

FAQ

What is the rarest nursery rhyme?

Entten tentten teelikamentten is the rarest nursery rhyme in this ranking, with 558 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many nursery rhymes are there?

There are 82 nursery rhymes in this ranking, from Entten tentten teelikamentten (rarest) to Monday's Child (most common).

What is the most common nursery rhyme?

Monday's Child is the most common nursery rhyme in this ranking, with 419,692 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.