[Python] Python3: Count the occurrences in a list and sort it descendant

I have a working code but, I am looking to learn a more pythonic version as I feel my code is very clunky.

The ideia is to count the number of occurrences in a list ("Names") and sort it descendant.

aux_list = []
names = ["Jessica", "John", "Steve", "John", "John", "Steve"]
total = {}

for name in names:

if name is not aux_list:
aux_list.append(name)

count = names.count(name)
key = { name : count }
total.update(key)

# sort desc
sorted_total = sorted(total, key=total.get, reverse=True)

# Desired output: <NAME> <TOTAL> DESC ORDER
# John 3
# Steve 2
# Jessica 1

for r in sorted_total:
print(r, total[r])

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