Mohammad

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362 · #561 for boys in 2025, 529 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2000 · 510 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,183
since 1964

Mohammad over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Mohammad has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #465, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#561529
2024—#600475
2023—#573511
2022—#555538
2021—#664409
2020—#663397
2019—#571488
2018—#607444
2017—#566480
2016—#596451
2015—#545524
2014—#589468
2013—#574447
2012—#597424
2011—#609398
2010—#651370
2009—#610420
2008—#688348
2007—#627388
2006—#596413
2005—#634345
2004—#623340
2003—#566395
2002—#531423
2001—#488470
2000—#465510
1999—#504426
1998—#485450
1997—#512398
1996—#511398
1995—#543350
1994—#579318
1993—#550338
1992—#577311
1991—#562326
1990—#600279
1989#12,3625#623253
1988—#614239
1987—#612219
1986—#680176
1985—#700158
1984—#692158
1983—#714145
1982—#766131
1981—#804119
1980#10,3925#832112
1979—#831110
1978—#99675
1977—#1,22152
1976—#1,17953
1975—#1,70429
1974—#1,40937
1973—#1,69627
1972—#2,02020
1971—#2,05220
1970—#2,29316
1969—#3,5957
1968—#2,57611
1967—#3,9665
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1965—#3,9305
1964—#3,2827
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five boys were named Mohammad! It came in at #3,282, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1965–1967, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Mohammad is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedNHWashington: #594 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,196 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedMNIllinois: #338 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 2,651 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedWIMichigan: #458 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 4,906 boysMINew York: #325 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 2,636 boysNYMassachusetts: #490 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,305 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedINOhio: #581 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,848 boysOHPennsylvania: #819 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,050 boysPANew Jersey: #255 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,908 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #431 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 4,112 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedWVVirginia: #352 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,237 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedARTennessee: #497 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,893 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #276 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,317 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedALGeorgia: #723 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,109 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammad, so not publishedHITexas: #655 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 7,298 boysTXFlorida: #504 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,946 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#255 · 1 in 1,908
  2. District of Columbia#276 · 1 in 1,317
  3. New York#325 · 1 in 2,636
  4. Illinois#338 · 1 in 2,651
  5. Virginia#352 · 1 in 3,237

Best ever in a state: #185 in New York, 2000.

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StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#255281 in 1,908
District of Columbia#27661 in 1,317
New York#325511 in 2,636
Illinois#338331 in 2,651
Virginia#352131 in 3,237
California#431701 in 4,112
Michigan#458141 in 4,906
Massachusetts#49051 in 8,305
Tennessee#49761 in 5,893
Florida#504181 in 4,946
Ohio#58191 in 8,848
Washington#59451 in 7,196
Texas#655211 in 7,298
Georgia#72361 in 8,109
Pennsylvania#81951 in 16,050
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Mohammad
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 39 spots since 2024 (#600 → #561)
  • 102 spots since 2020 (#663 → #561)
  • 16 spots since 2015 (#545 → #561)
  • Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1978 (#1,221 → #996)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 2020 (#571 → #663)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 2000 at #465 (510 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1978–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,229
  • Highest: 1 in 3,229 boys born in 2025 were named Mohammad (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #465 in 2000, was only 1 in 3,851 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 26.2% of all boys named Mohammad (4,494) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s35#2,576 (1968)#3,470
1970s439#831 (1979)#1,540
1980s1,710#612 (1987)#704
1990s3,594#485 (1998)#542
2000s4,052#465 (2000)#583
2010s4,494#545 (2015)#591
2020s2,859#555 (2022)#603

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mohammad in 1991

boys
#562
326 births · 1 in 6,197 boys

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #562Mohammad326
More about 1991

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 6,197 of them was named Mohammad, which outranked 94.2% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mohammad
  1. #558Jace332
  2. #558Kareem332
  3. #561Mauricio327
  4. #562Mohammad326
  5. #563Arnold323
  6. #563Cortez323
  7. #565Kyler322
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →