Muhammed
Masculine · “praiseworthy”
Muhammed is one of many English spellings of the most-given name on earth — praiseworthy, in Arabic.
How old is the name Muhammed?
Muhammed first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Muhammed alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,600 people named Muhammed are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Muhammed most popular?
Muhammed peaked in 2000, reaching #1479 nationally. Today it ranks #2145, 666 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
From hammada to Muhammed
The story of Muhammed
The Prophet's name is estimated to be the most commonly given in the world, and English has produced dozens of spellings because Arabic short vowels go unwritten and English lacks two of the consonants. Muhammed is one of the standard variants and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
praiseworthy, praised
From the Arabic Muhammad, the passive participle of hammada, 'to praise repeatedly'. The root h-m-d gives Ahmad, Mahmud and Hamid. Only the English spelling varies; the Arabic is transparent and undisputed. The e in this spelling reflects Turkish influence.
How the name formed
- hammada
- Muhammad
- Muhammed
Related forms: محمد · Muhammad · Mehmet · Mohammed
Pronouncing Muhammed
moo-HAH-med
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Arabic doubles the middle consonant, which this spelling keeps.
Nicknames for Muhammed
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
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 2014106 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1479reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- −34.3%67 in 2025, from 102
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.
Muhammed 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: New York, Washington, California.
Muhammeds among us
people named Muhammed are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 25,494 born in 2025 was named Muhammed
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Muhammed
- #2145
- Muhammed on the 2025 chart
- #851
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Muhammed went to 67 boys in 2025, but Muhamed is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 77, which makes it the 851st most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,294 places above the chart.
- Muhammed67
- Muhamed10
About 1 boy in 22,183 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 25,494 for Muhammed 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 Vikram test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Muhammed's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Vikram climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Vikram's path sketches the road Muhammed is walking now.
Muhammed 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 Muhammed is headed
Muhammed looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 19% 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.
Muhammed beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Muhammed in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- 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.
- At least six English spellings are in common use.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
- The final e departs from the Arabic vowel.
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Frequently asked
- How many Muhammeds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Muhammed are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Muhammed?
- Muhammed is the most-used spelling in US records — 67 of the 77 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Muhamed.
- How popular is the name Muhammed in 2025?
- Muhammed ranks #2145 among US boy names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Muhammed?
- About 1 in every 25,494 US boys born in 2025 was named Muhammed — 67 in all.
- Will my child share the name Muhammed with classmates?
- Muhammed will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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