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266 answers are accepted for “Name a pope”. Pope Marinus II is the rarest pope in this ranking, with 2,846 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Pope Anastasius III is the second-rarest with 3,031 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.07× the figure for Pope Marinus II. Pope Leo XIV is the most common pope in this ranking, with 3,929,580 monthly Wikipedia views, 1,381× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 266 answers: 20,937,461. Pope Marinus II is under 0.1% of that total. 54 answers are Epic or Legendary: Pope Marinus II (Legendary), Pope Anastasius III (Legendary), Pope Stephen VII (Legendary), and 51 more.
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Pope Marinus II
Legendary
2,846 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 1.000
Most common
Pope Leo XIV
Common
3,929,580 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 0.000
Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers 266 answers to “Name a pope”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this
prompt.
Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views 1 Pope Marinus II on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 2,846 2 Pope Anastasius III on Wikipedia Legendary 0.996 3,031 3 Pope Stephen VII on Wikipedia Legendary 0.992 3,326 4 Pope Agapetus II on Wikipedia Legendary 0.989 3,939 5 Pope Benedict VII on Wikipedia Legendary 0.985 3,973 6 Pope Adeodatus II on Wikipedia Legendary 0.981 4,236 7 Pope Marinus I on Wikipedia Legendary 0.977 4,262 8 Pope John XVIII on Wikipedia Legendary 0.974 4,614 9 Pope Leo VII on Wikipedia Legendary 0.970 4,971 10 Pope Anastasius IV on Wikipedia Legendary 0.966 5,007 11 Pope Benedict VI on Wikipedia Legendary 0.962 5,070 12 Pope John XV on Wikipedia Legendary 0.958 5,114 13 Pope Celestine II on Wikipedia Legendary 0.955 5,371 14 Pope John XVII on Wikipedia Legendary 0.951 5,472 15 Pope Sylvester III on Wikipedia Legendary 0.947 5,530 16 Pope Lucius II on Wikipedia Legendary 0.943 5,590 17 Pope Celestine IV on Wikipedia Legendary 0.940 5,719 18 Pope Gelasius II on Wikipedia Legendary 0.936 6,028 19 Pope Adrian III on Wikipedia Legendary 0.932 6,173 20 Pope Stephen VIII on Wikipedia Epic 0.928 6,246 21 Pope Boniface V on Wikipedia Epic 0.925 6,884 22 Pope Clement III on Wikipedia Epic 0.921 7,132 23 Pope Honorius IV on Wikipedia Epic 0.917 7,321 24 Pope Damasus II on Wikipedia Epic 0.913 7,385 25 Pope Innocent IX on Wikipedia Epic 0.909 7,398 26 Pope Sergius IV on Wikipedia Epic 0.906 7,561 27 Pope Martin IV on Wikipedia Epic 0.902 7,887 28 Pope Lucius III on Wikipedia Epic 0.898 8,058 29 Pope Innocent VII on Wikipedia Epic 0.894 8,105 30 Pope Urban III on Wikipedia Epic 0.891 8,114 31 Pope Gregory VIII on Wikipedia Epic 0.887 8,288 32 Pope Gregory XIV on Wikipedia Epic 0.883 8,425 33 Pope Eugene II on Wikipedia Epic 0.879 8,603 34 Pope Adrian V on Wikipedia Epic 0.875 8,634 35 Pope John XIX on Wikipedia Epic 0.872 8,848 36 Pope Boniface I on Wikipedia Epic 0.868 9,267 37 Pope Innocent V on Wikipedia Epic 0.864 9,442 38 Pope Siricius on Wikipedia Epic 0.860 9,941 39 Pope Eugene I on Wikipedia Epic 0.857 9,982 40 Pope Innocent VI on Wikipedia Epic 0.853 10,135 41 Pope Clement II on Wikipedia Epic 0.849 10,845 42 Pope Urban IV on Wikipedia Epic 0.845 11,491 43 Pope Adeodatus I on Wikipedia Epic 0.842 11,814 44 Pope Clement IV on Wikipedia Epic 0.838 12,050 45 Pope Severinus on Wikipedia Epic 0.834 12,413 46 Pope Donus on Wikipedia Epic 0.830 12,537 47 Pope Clement X on Wikipedia Epic 0.826 12,712 48 Pope Gregory VI on Wikipedia Epic 0.823 12,797 49 Pope John X on Wikipedia Epic 0.819 13,058 50 Pope Paschal I on Wikipedia Epic 0.815 13,140 51 Pope-elect Stephen on Wikipedia Epic 0.811 13,407 52 Pope John V on Wikipedia Epic 0.808 13,539 53 Pope Honorius II on Wikipedia Epic 0.804 13,639 54 Pope Stephen IV on Wikipedia Epic 0.800 13,653 55 Pope Benedict II on Wikipedia Rare 0.796 13,826 56 Pope Callixtus II on Wikipedia Rare 0.792 13,837 57 Pope Alexander VIII on Wikipedia Rare 0.789 13,926 58 Pope Benedict IV on Wikipedia Rare 0.785 13,941 59 Pope Celestine III on Wikipedia Rare 0.781 13,967 60 Pope Sergius II on Wikipedia Rare 0.777 14,037 61 Pope Sabinian on Wikipedia Rare 0.774 14,120 62 Pope Leo VI on Wikipedia Rare 0.770 14,315 63 Pope John III on Wikipedia Rare 0.766 14,333 64 Pope Benedict III on Wikipedia Rare 0.762 14,343 65 Pope Boniface III on Wikipedia Rare 0.758 14,399 66 Pope Conon on Wikipedia Rare 0.755 14,700 67 Pope Gregory IV on Wikipedia Rare 0.751 14,760 68 Pope Adrian II on Wikipedia Rare 0.747 14,788 69 Pope John VII on Wikipedia Rare 0.743 14,874 70 Pope Benedict VIII on Wikipedia Rare 0.740 14,941 71 Pope John IX on Wikipedia Rare 0.736 15,040 72 Pope Stephen V on Wikipedia Rare 0.732 15,071 73 Pope Benedict XI on Wikipedia Rare 0.728 15,129 74 Pope Benedict I on Wikipedia Rare 0.725 15,142 75 Pope Marcellus I on Wikipedia Rare 0.721 15,147 76 Pope John VI on Wikipedia Rare 0.717 15,400 77 Pope John XIV on Wikipedia Rare 0.713 15,501 78 Pope Eugene III on Wikipedia Rare 0.709 15,581 79 Pope Boniface IX on Wikipedia Rare 0.706 15,593 80 Pope Valentine on Wikipedia Rare 0.702 15,727 81 Pope Boniface II on Wikipedia Rare 0.698 15,831 82 Pope Pelagius I on Wikipedia Rare 0.694 16,008 83 Pope Benedict XII on Wikipedia Rare 0.691 16,150 84 Pope Pelagius II on Wikipedia Rare 0.687 16,284 85 Pope Sixtus III on Wikipedia Rare 0.683 16,444 86 Pope Romanus on Wikipedia Rare 0.679 16,539 87 Pope Sisinnius on Wikipedia Rare 0.675 16,605 88 Pope John IV on Wikipedia Rare 0.672 16,687 89 Pope Gregory XV on Wikipedia Rare 0.668 16,723 90 Pope Theodore I on Wikipedia Rare 0.664 16,741 91 Pope Vitalian on Wikipedia Rare 0.660 16,829 92 Pope Felix III on Wikipedia Rare 0.657 17,201 93 Pope Marcellus II on Wikipedia Rare 0.653 17,390 94 Pope Clement XIII on Wikipedia Rare 0.649 17,405 95 Pope John XXI on Wikipedia Rare 0.645 17,408 96 Pope Theodore II on Wikipedia Rare 0.642 17,435 97 Pope Innocent XII on Wikipedia Rare 0.638 17,551 98 Pope Clement XII on Wikipedia Rare 0.634 17,793 99 Pope Pius VIII on Wikipedia Rare 0.630 17,919 100 Pope Boniface IV on Wikipedia Rare 0.626 18,001 101 Pope Eutychian on Wikipedia Rare 0.623 18,033 102 Pope Felix IV on Wikipedia Rare 0.619 18,158 103 Pope Urban VII on Wikipedia Rare 0.615 18,162 104 Pope Celestine I on Wikipedia Rare 0.611 18,506 105 Pope Leo V on Wikipedia Rare 0.608 18,615 106 Pope Agapetus I on Wikipedia Rare 0.604 18,790 107 Pope Stephen III on Wikipedia Rare 0.600 19,065 108 Pope Innocent II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.596 19,091 109 Pope Simplicius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.592 19,374 110 Pope Leo II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.589 19,449 111 Pope John XI on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.585 19,608 112 Pope Victor III on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.581 19,919 113 Pope Urban V on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.577 20,121 114 Pope Anastasius I on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.574 20,171 115 Pope Felix I on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.570 20,175 116 Pope Sergius I on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.566 20,256 117 Pope Innocent XIII on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.562 20,671 118 Pope Adrian I on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.558 21,017 119 Pope Eusebius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.555 21,280 120 Pope Victor II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.551 21,350 121 Pope Paul I on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.547 21,436 122 Pope Symmachus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.543 21,941 123 Pope Boniface VI on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.540 21,957 124 Pope Pius III on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.536 21,993 125 Pope John XIII on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.532 22,033 126 Pope Anastasius II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.528 22,239 127 Pope Lucius I on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.525 22,692 128 Pope Gregory V on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.521 23,426 129 Pope Mark on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.517 23,460 130 Pope Zosimus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.513 23,764 131 Pope Nicholas II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.509 23,901 132 Pope Stephen IX on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.506 24,311 133 Pope Lando on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.502 24,657 134 Pope Vigilius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.498 24,701 135 Pope Clement XIV on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.494 24,731 136 Pope Alexander VII on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.491 24,809 137 Pope Honorius III on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.487 25,109 138 Pope Gregory X on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.483 25,311 139 Pope Caius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.479 25,329 140 Pope Anterus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.475 25,364 141 Pope Hormisdas on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.472 25,445 142 Pope Dionysius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.468 25,679 143 Pope Benedict V on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.464 25,803 144 Pope Alexander IV on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.460 25,872 145 Pope Marcellinus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.457 25,950 146 Pope Innocent XI on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.453 25,986 147 Pope Silverius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.449 26,007 148 Pope Gregory II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.445 26,131 149 Pope Nicholas IV on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.442 26,223 150 Pope John II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.438 26,237 151 Pope Paschal II on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.434 26,352 152 Pope Gregory XI on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.430 26,518 153 Pope Stephen I on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.426 27,237 154 Pope Innocent I on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.423 27,347 155 Pope Pius IV on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.419 27,490 156 Pope Constantine on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.415 28,113 157 Pope Gregory XII on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.411 28,223 158 Pope Hilarius on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.408 28,579 159 Pope Leo XI on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.404 29,075 160 Pope Sergius III on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.400 29,208 161 Pope Julius III on Wikipedia Familiar 0.396 29,486 162 Pope Soter on Wikipedia Familiar 0.392 29,492 163 Pope Clement XI on Wikipedia Familiar 0.389 29,696 164 Pope Nicholas III on Wikipedia Familiar 0.385 30,002 165 Pope Eleutherius on Wikipedia Familiar 0.381 30,436 166 Pope Eugene IV on Wikipedia Familiar 0.377 31,012 167 Pope Innocent IV on Wikipedia Familiar 0.374 31,607 168 Pope Agatho on Wikipedia Familiar 0.370 32,354 169 Pope Leo XII on Wikipedia Familiar 0.366 32,446 170 Pope Honorius I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.362 32,591 171 Pope John I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.358 32,624 172 Pope Hyginus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.355 33,012 173 Pope John VIII on Wikipedia Familiar 0.351 33,092 174 Pope Clement VIII on Wikipedia Familiar 0.347 33,665 175 Pope Urban I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.343 33,710 176 Pope Zachary on Wikipedia Familiar 0.340 34,611 177 Pope Alexander II on Wikipedia Familiar 0.336 34,899 178 Pope Cornelius on Wikipedia Familiar 0.332 35,782 179 Pope Urban VI on Wikipedia Familiar 0.328 35,847 180 Pope Paul IV on Wikipedia Familiar 0.325 35,881 181 Pope Leo IV on Wikipedia Familiar 0.321 36,128 182 Pope Anicetus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.317 36,225 183 Pope Zephyrinus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.313 36,625 184 Pope Benedict XIV on Wikipedia Familiar 0.309 37,508 185 Pope Callixtus I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.306 39,353 186 Pope Telesphorus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.302 39,585 187 Pope Miltiades on Wikipedia Familiar 0.298 39,638 188 Pope Sixtus I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.294 40,870 189 Pope Clement VI on Wikipedia Familiar 0.291 41,059 190 Pope Innocent X on Wikipedia Familiar 0.287 41,241 191 Pope Gelasius I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.283 41,673 192 Pope Adrian VI on Wikipedia Familiar 0.279 41,803 193 Pope Sixtus II on Wikipedia Familiar 0.275 41,920 194 Pope Leo VIII on Wikipedia Familiar 0.272 42,219 195 Pope Nicholas I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.268 43,893 196 Pope Paul V on Wikipedia Familiar 0.264 44,044 197 Pope Alexander I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.260 45,481 198 Pope Pius I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.257 45,518 199 Pope Stephen II on Wikipedia Familiar 0.253 45,880 200 Pope Liberius on Wikipedia Familiar 0.249 45,922 201 Pope Pius VI on Wikipedia Familiar 0.245 46,510 202 Pope Innocent VIII on Wikipedia Familiar 0.242 46,601 203 Pope Callixtus III on Wikipedia Familiar 0.238 47,736 204 Pope Fabian on Wikipedia Familiar 0.234 49,385 205 Pope Evaristus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.230 49,871 206 Pope Sylvester II on Wikipedia Familiar 0.226 50,252 207 Pope Pontian on Wikipedia Familiar 0.223 50,473 208 Pope Gregory IX on Wikipedia Familiar 0.219 50,773 209 Pope Leo IX on Wikipedia Familiar 0.215 51,414 210 Pope Martin I on Wikipedia Familiar 0.211 51,712 211 Pope Gregory XVI on Wikipedia Familiar 0.208 52,130 212 Pope Alexander III on Wikipedia Familiar 0.204 54,516 213 Pope Stephen VI on Wikipedia Common 0.200 54,804 214 Pope Damasus I on Wikipedia Common 0.196 54,973 215 Pope Pius II on Wikipedia Common 0.192 55,153 216 Pope Sixtus V on Wikipedia Common 0.189 56,341 217 Pope Urban VIII on Wikipedia Common 0.185 56,716 218 Pope Victor I on Wikipedia Common 0.181 57,862 219 Pope Martin V on Wikipedia Common 0.177 57,908 220 Pope Clement V on Wikipedia Common 0.174 58,007 221 Pope Paul II on Wikipedia Common 0.170 58,190 222 Pope John XXII on Wikipedia Common 0.166 58,193 223 Pope Nicholas V on Wikipedia Common 0.162 58,557 224 Pope Sylvester I on Wikipedia Common 0.158 59,295 225 Pope Benedict XIII on Wikipedia Common 0.155 70,360 226 Pope Leo III on Wikipedia Common 0.151 71,752 227 Pope Pius V on Wikipedia Common 0.147 73,129 228 Pope Pius VII on Wikipedia Common 0.143 73,375 229 Pope Julius I on Wikipedia Common 0.140 77,393 230 Pope Gregory XIII on Wikipedia Common 0.136 80,139 231 Pope Anacletus on Wikipedia Common 0.132 86,910 232 Pope Gregory III on Wikipedia Common 0.128 87,188 233 Pope Sixtus IV on Wikipedia Common 0.125 88,602 234 Pope Benedict XV on Wikipedia Common 0.121 92,697 235 Pope Formosus on Wikipedia Common 0.117 96,763 236 Pope Gregory VII on Wikipedia Common 0.113 97,494 237 Pope Benedict IX on Wikipedia Common 0.109 100,539 238 Pope Adrian IV on Wikipedia Common 0.106 102,021 239 Pope Paul III on Wikipedia Common 0.102 103,709 240 Pope Boniface VIII on Wikipedia Common 0.098 111,603 241 Pope Clement IX on Wikipedia Common 0.094 117,531 242 Pope John XII on Wikipedia Common 0.091 123,214 243 Pope Celestine V on Wikipedia Common 0.087 143,237 244 Pope Urban II on Wikipedia Common 0.083 144,698 245 Pope Innocent III on Wikipedia Common 0.079 156,434 246 Pope Julius II on Wikipedia Common 0.075 160,761 247 Pope Pius XI on Wikipedia Common 0.072 161,922 248 Clement of Rome on Wikipedia Common 0.068 166,017 249 Pope Linus on Wikipedia Common 0.064 173,119 250 Pope Leo I on Wikipedia Common 0.060 177,429 251 Pope Leo X on Wikipedia Common 0.057 223,593 252 Pope Gregory I on Wikipedia Common 0.053 223,685 253 Pope Pius IX on Wikipedia Common 0.049 230,879 254 Pope Clement VII on Wikipedia Common 0.045 250,357 255 Pope Pius X on Wikipedia Common 0.042 286,123 256 Pope John XXIII on Wikipedia Common 0.038 314,462 257 Pope Leo XIII on Wikipedia Common 0.034 345,371 258 Pope John Paul I on Wikipedia Common 0.030 370,526 259 Pope Paul VI on Wikipedia Common 0.026 374,143 260 Pope Alexander VI on Wikipedia Common 0.023 485,866 261 Pope Pius XII on Wikipedia Common 0.019 507,727 262 Pope Benedict XVI on Wikipedia Common 0.015 898,125 263 Pope John Paul II on Wikipedia Common 0.011 1,169,044 264 Saint Peter on Wikipedia Common 0.008 1,228,031 265 Pope Francis on Wikipedia Common 0.004 1,830,856 266 Pope Leo XIV on Wikipedia Common 0.000 3,929,580
FAQ What is the rarest pope? Pope Marinus II is the rarest pope in this ranking, with 2,846 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many popes are there? There are 266 popes in this ranking, from Pope Marinus II (rarest) to Pope Leo XIV (most common).
What is the most common pope? Pope Leo XIV is the most common pope in this ranking, with 3,929,580 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources 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.