Mouhamed
Masculine · “praised”
Mouhamed is Muhammad in the French spelling used across West Africa — the praised one, and the most-used given name on earth.
How old is the name Mouhamed?
Mouhamed first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Mouhamed is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Mouhamed are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mouhamed most popular?
Mouhamed peaked in 2024, reaching #1820 nationally. Today it ranks #1837, 17 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From hammada to Mouhamed
The story of Mouhamed
Islam reached West Africa across the Sahara from the eleventh century, and French colonial administration fixed the ou spelling in the region's records. Mouhamed and Mouhamadou are standard in Senegal and Mali. West African emigration brought the spelling to Europe and America, where it appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
praised, praiseworthy
From the Arabic hammada, 'to praise', through the passive participle muhammad, 'one who is praised'. The word is ordinary Arabic and the meaning undisputed. The ou spelling follows French orthography and is standard in Senegal, Mali and Guinea.
How the name formed
- hammada
- Muhammad
- Mouhamed
Related forms: محمد · Muhammad · Mamadou · Mehmet
Pronouncing Mouhamed
moo-HAH-med
Three syllables, stress in the middle. The ou is a French spelling of the oo sound.
Nicknames for Mouhamed
Moderate
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
- 1993
- Most boys named
- 202489 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1820reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −3.4%86 in 2025, from 89
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.
Mouhamed in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- محمد in Arabic — transliteration
- Muhammad in English — spelling variant
- Mamadou in Wolof — related form
- Mehmet in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Ohio, Georgia.
Mouhameds among us
people named Mouhamed are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 19,861 born in 2025 was named Mouhamed
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jb test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mouhamed's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jb climbed just as high around 1920, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jb's path sketches the road Mouhamed is walking now.
Mouhamed is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Mouhamed is headed
Mouhamed looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 44% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Mouhamed beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mouhamed in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The praised meaning is transparent, undisputed and carries enormous weight.
- It records a real thousand-year history of Islam in West Africa.
- Mo is available as a completely ordinary English short form.
- Muhammad is the commoner English transliteration.
- The French ou spelling will need explaining to English speakers.
- Many transliterations of the name exist and are easily confused.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mouhameds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Mouhamed are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mouhamed in 2025?
- Mouhamed ranks #1837 among US boy names in 2025, with 86 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mouhamed?
- About 1 in every 19,861 US boys born in 2025 was named Mouhamed — 86 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mouhamed with classmates?
- Mouhamed will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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