Mohammad
Masculine · “praised”
Mohammad is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 17,183 boys against 10 girls since 1880.
Mohammad is one of several English spellings of the Arabic name Muḥammad, carried since the seventh century by more people than almost any other name on earth. It grows from the three-letter root ḥ-m-d, "to praise," which also produced Ahmad, Mahmud and Hamid — a small family of names built from the same letters. Said aloud it has a steady middle beat, the stress landing on the doubled m.
How old is the name Mohammad?
Mohammad first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Mohammad alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 17,000 people named Mohammad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mohammad most popular?
Mohammad peaked in 2000, reaching #465 nationally. Today it ranks #561, 96 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
Where it comes from
From Arabic root ḥ-m-d ("praise") to Mohammad
The story of Mohammad
The name is Arabic, from the root ḥ-m-d, and was borne by the Prophet of Islam, born in Mecca in the sixth century. With the spread of Islam it traveled across North Africa, Anatolia, Persia, South Asia, the Balkans and the Indonesian archipelago, becoming the most widely given name across much of the world. Because Arabic script writes consonants and leaves the short vowels to the reader, the name reached the Latin alphabet in many shapes — Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohamed, Muhammed and Mohammad among them, all the same name. In the United States it came with families from the Arab world, South Asia, Iran and East Africa, and it holds a place on the charts in England & Wales as well.
Meaning
praised, praiseworthy
It is the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada, "to praise" — literally one who is praised or worthy of praise. The same root sits under Ahmad, Mahmud and Hamid.
How the name formed
- Arabic root ḥ-m-d"praise"
- Muḥammad
- Mohammad
Related forms: محمد (Muḥammad) · Mehmet · Mohammad · Mohamed · Muhamed · Muhammad
Pronouncing Mohammad
moh-HAM-mad
Closer to the Arabic, the doubled m is held for a beat: moh-HAM-mad. In American English you will also hear moh-HAH-med and a flatter MOH-uh-mad. All three are in ordinary use among bearers.
Nicknames for Mohammad
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1964
- Most boys named
- 2025529 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #465reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- +11.4%529 in 2025, from 475
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.
Mohammad in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- محمد (Muḥammad) in Arabic — transliteration
- Mehmet in Turkish — related form
- Mohammad in Persian — same name
- Mohamed in French (Maghrebi usage) — spelling variant
- Muhamed in Bosnian — spelling variant
- Muhammad in Indonesian — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Texas. International figures from Office for National Statistics. Sources
Mohammads among us
people named Mohammad are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 3,229 born in 2025 was named Mohammad
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Mohammad
- #561
- Mohammad on the 2025 chart
- #458
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mohammad went to 529 boys in 2025, but Mohamad 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 — 103 places above the chart.
- Mohammad529
- Mohamad73
About 1 boy in 2,837 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 3,229 for Mohammad 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
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Deron test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mohammad's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Deron climbed just as high around 1966, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Deron's path sketches the road Mohammad is walking now.
Mohammad is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Mohammad is headed
Mohammad should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Mohammad beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mohammad in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Recognized in nearly every country on earth, so it almost never needs explaining or justifying as a name.
- An unbroken written record since the seventh century, and continuous use in dozens of languages since.
- Mo and Moe are long-established English short forms, ready-made for informal settings.
- Charts in England & Wales too, so it travels between English-speaking countries without adjustment.
- The romanisations compete: Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohamed and Mohammad are all correct, which means a lifetime of spelling it out and of forms coming back with the wrong vowel or a single m.
- It is the name of the Prophet of Islam and carries that weight. In many families it is given first and a second name is used day to day, out of respect — worth deciding early how you want it spoken at home and at school.
- The name identifies its bearer as Muslim anywhere in the world. Most families count that as the point; some also weigh how it lands in particular American settings, and that is a fair thing to talk through.
- Because the name's presence is spread across so many spellings, this exact one looks smaller in US records than the name really is — a Mohammad will likely be the only one in his class, while sharing his name with millions.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mohammads are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 17,000 people named Mohammad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Mohammad?
- Mohammad is the most-used spelling in US records — 529 of the 602 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Mohamad.
- How popular is the name Mohammad in 2025?
- Mohammad ranks #561 among US boy names in 2025, with 529 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mohammad?
- About 1 in every 3,229 US boys born in 2025 was named Mohammad — 529 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mohammad with classmates?
- Mohammad will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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