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Mohamad

Masculine · “praiseworthy”

1974high 1999
#2035 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare73 boys in 2025

Mohamad is one spelling of the most-used name on earth — praiseworthy, in Arabic — and no two transliteration systems agree on it.

How old is the name Mohamad?

Mohamad first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Mohamad alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 3,600 people named Mohamad are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Mohamad most popular?

Mohamad peaked in 1997, reaching #1016 nationally. Today it ranks #2035, 1,019 places below that high. See the whole 1997 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Mohamad

The Prophet's name is estimated to be the most commonly given in the world, and English has produced dozens of spellings of it because Arabic vowels are not written and the English alphabet has no equivalent for two of the consonants. Mohamad is one of the standard variants, and it appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

praiseworthy, praised

From the Arabic Muhammad, the passive participle of hammada, 'to praise' — one who is repeatedly praised. The root h-m-d gives Ahmad, Mahmud, Hamid and Hamdan. The Arabic is transparent and undisputed; only the English spelling varies.

How the name formed

  1. hammada
  2. Muhammad
  3. Mohamad

Related forms: محمد · Muhammad · Mehmet · Mohammed

Pronouncing Mohamad

moh-HAH-mad

Three syllables, stress in the middle. Arabic doubles the middle consonant, which English spellings drop.

Nicknames for Mohamad

Moderate

MoThe front sound alone, and a very widely used English short form
HamadThe back of the name, and a name in its own right in Arabic
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1974–20251266301267319742025

US babies named Mohamad per year from 1974 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#10161970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1974
Most boys named
1999126 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1016reached in 1997
Change vs 2024
−7.6%73 in 2025, from 79
Mohamad sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1999, with 126 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Mohamad in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • محمد in Arabic — transliteration
  • Muhammad in English — spelling variant
  • Mehmet in Turkish — related form
  • Mohammed in English — spelling variant

Strongest US states over the last decade: Michigan, Texas, California.

Mohamads among us

3,600

people named Mohamad are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 23,398 born in 2025 was named Mohamad

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Mohamad

#2035
Mohamad on the 2025 chart
#458
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mohamad went to 73 boys in 2025, but Mohammad is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 602, which makes it the 458th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,577 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 2,837 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 23,398 for Mohamad itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Nickey test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mohamad's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nickey climbed just as high around 1945, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nickey's path sketches the road Mohamad is walking now.

40%chance Mohamad will feel dated by 2040
Mohamad, aligned on its peakNickey· peak 1945not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+60 yrsNickey · #10402Mohamad today
Mohamad today is about where Nickey stood in 1973 — 28 years past a #1016-sized peak. By 1988, Nickey had settled around #3761.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Mohamad sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Mohamad is headed

19742030

US babies named Mohamad per year, 1974 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Mohamad should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady+10% by 2030projected around #2,019 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Mohamad beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Mohamad in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Mohamadthis name73#2035Harland73#2035Hudsyn73#2035Tylin73#2035Aamir73#2035

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The praiseworthy meaning is transparent and undisputed.
  • It is very likely the most-given name in the world.
  • Mo is a warm and universally understood short form.
What to consider
  • At least six English spellings are in common use.
  • The doubled middle consonant of the Arabic is lost in this spelling.
  • It reads as specifically Muslim.

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Frequently asked

How many Mohamads are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,600 people named Mohamad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Mohamad?
Mohamad is one of 2 recorded spellings. Mohammad is the more common one — 529 births in 2025 against 73 for Mohamad.
How popular is the name Mohamad in 2025?
Mohamad ranks #2035 among US boy names in 2025, with 73 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Mohamad?
About 1 in every 23,398 US boys born in 2025 was named Mohamad — 73 in all.
Will my child share the name Mohamad with classmates?
Mohamad will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Mohamad

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Harland#2035 · Hudsyn#2035 · Tylin#2035 · Aamir#2035 · Casimir#2035 · Mavrick#2035 · Armin#2035 · Ezrael#2035

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