I mean, Muhammad is the most common name in the Muslim world, but Jesus is practically unheard of as a first name outside of Central America. I find it particularly unusual because so many other biblical names are pretty common as first names for Christians and Jews.
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Muhammed is a prophet, not the deity. Muslims don’t worship Muhammed as a deity.
Christians believe Jesus is the deity. There’s also the commandment about not taking the lord’s name in vain.
There’s also cultural aspects – Jesus is a fairly common name in latin countries (pronounced differently than the English way of saying Jesus, however).
In short, it’s not an apples to apples comparison and cultural differences play a significant role.
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