# Write a function called most_common_names that
# takes a list of names and returns 2 things:
# (1) the name that appears the most often, and
# (2) the number of occurrence
#
# If there is a tie, return the first most common name and its occurrence
#
# remember: the order of the return is important
#
# hint: Lists have a function called .count(x) that returns
#       the number of times x appears in the list


def most_common_names(names_list):
    max_count = 0
    max_name = ""    # running variable keeping track of the most occurrence name

    for name in names_list:
        if max_count < names_list.count(name):
            max_count = names_list.count(name)
            max_name = name

    return max_name, max_count



print(most_common_names(
        ["Tom", "Mary", "Jeff", "Tom", "Jay", "Ann", "Paul", "Ann", "Ann", "Tom", "Mary", "Tom", "Jay"]))
print(most_common_names(["Jim", "Mary", "Jeff", "Mary", "Jay", "Ann", "Paul", "Ann"]))