Index: wp-admin/admin-functions.php
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--- wp-admin/admin-functions.php	(revision 2981)
+++ wp-admin/admin-functions.php	(working copy)
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
 
 function return_categories_list($parent = 0) {
 	global $wpdb;
-	return $wpdb->get_col("SELECT cat_ID FROM $wpdb->categories WHERE category_parent = $parent ORDER BY category_count DESC");
+	return $wpdb->get_col("SELECT cat_ID FROM $wpdb->categories WHERE category_parent = $parent ORDER BY cat_name DESC");
 }
 
 function get_nested_categories($default = 0, $parent = 0) {