Mohammed

Peak · boys
2001 · 492 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,225
since 1922

Mohammed over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #479, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#595486
2024#596481
2023#621452
2022#717368
2021#696382
2020#641418
2019#659401
2018#627425
2017#568478
2016#592461
2015#511561
2014#498566
2013#557471
2012#557467
2011#565446
2010#602413
2009#639392
2008#651374
2007#685346
2006#634370
2005#626354
2004#615349
2003#604349
2002#570386
2001#479492
2000#519432
1999#490450
1998#524395
1997#539368
1996#582309
1995#591301
1994#609296
1993#669236
1992#670239
1991#644251
1990#678223
1989#696199
1988#699179
1987#698170
1986#771138
1985#736144
1984#766128
1983#735138
1982#766131
1981#851107
1980#99682
1979#95286
1978#1,01173
1977#1,12759
1976#1,14456
1975#1,37840
1974#1,50134
1973#1,61229
1972#2,08019
1971#1,82324
1970#2,12518
1969#2,41513
1968#1,96217
1967#2,61110
1966#3,2497
1965#2,61710
1964#3,0508
1963#3,3187
1962#2,67310
1961#3,6526
1960#2,8719
1959#3,9885
1958#3,2757
1957#3,9935
1956#3,9425
1955#3,5056
1954#2,9428
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1952#2,8758
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1946#2,9197
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five boys were named Mohammed! It came in at #4,307, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1922–1927, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Mohammed is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNHWashington: #801 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,685 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #586 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,062 boysMNIllinois: #254 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,126 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedWIMichigan: #210 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 855 boysMINew York: #217 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 938 boysNYMassachusetts: #690 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,504 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedIAIndiana: #545 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,639 boysINOhio: #595 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,283 boysOHPennsylvania: #442 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,272 boysPANew Jersey: #488 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,651 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #776 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 5,317 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedUTColorado: #501 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,441 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNEMissouri: #709 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,973 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedWVVirginia: #408 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,961 boysVAMaryland: #407 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,908 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedDEArizona: #720 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,090 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #718 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,289 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #775 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,826 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedMSAlabama: #622 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,074 boysALGeorgia: #710 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,863 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedHITexas: #677 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 4,071 boysTXFlorida: #1,256 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 10,615 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#210 · 1 in 855
  2. New York#217 · 1 in 938
  3. Illinois#254 · 1 in 1,126
  4. Maryland#407 · 1 in 1,908
  5. Virginia#408 · 1 in 1,961

Best ever in a state: #158 in New York, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Michigan#210471 in 855
New York#217901 in 938
Illinois#254441 in 1,126
Maryland#407121 in 1,908
Virginia#408191 in 1,961
Pennsylvania#442231 in 2,272
New Jersey#488151 in 2,651
Colorado#501111 in 2,441
Indiana#545121 in 2,639
Minnesota#58681 in 3,062
Ohio#595161 in 3,283
Alabama#62271 in 3,074
Texas#677431 in 4,071
Massachusetts#69061 in 4,504
Missouri#70971 in 3,973
Georgia#710131 in 3,863
North Carolina#718121 in 4,289
Arizona#72081 in 4,090
Louisiana#77551 in 3,826
California#776331 in 5,317
Washington#80171 in 4,685
Florida#1,25691 in 10,615
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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.

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See more about Mohammed
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 46 spots since 2020 (#641 → #595)
  • 84 spots since 2015 (#511 → #595)
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1981
  • Biggest drop: 91 spots in 2002
Rise & fade · boys
79 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 2001 at #479 (492 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1979–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,394
  • Highest: 1 in 3,394 boys born in 2014 were named Mohammed (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,515 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #479 in 2001, was only 1 in 3,949 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 28.9% of all boys named Mohammed (4,689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s11#3,697 (1928)#4,002
1930s8#2,719 (1935)#2,719
1940s17#2,919 (1946)#3,339
1950s50#2,875 (1952)#3,481
1960s97#1,962 (1968)#2,842
1970s438#952 (1979)#1,475
1980s1,416#696 (1989)#771
1990s3,068#490 (1999)#600
2000s3,844#479 (2001)#602
2010s4,689#498 (2014)#574
2020s2,587#595 (2025)#644

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.

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