Mohammed

#595 for boys in 2025, 486 births

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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #479, 2001boys
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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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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
1953
1952#2,8758
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1950#3,3296
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1946#2,9197
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1943#3,5385
1942#3,5605
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1935#2,7198
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1928#3,6976
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1922#4,3075
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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 1984

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedMNIllinois: #508 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 6,822 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedWIMichigan: #458 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 7,078 boysMINew York: #439 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 5,080 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedMARhode 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: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #537 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,823 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #705 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 11,177 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedAZNew 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: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedHITexas: #640 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 8,401 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#439 · 1 in 5,080
  2. Michigan#458 · 1 in 7,078
  3. Illinois#508 · 1 in 6,822
  4. Pennsylvania#537 · 1 in 10,823
  5. Texas#640 · 1 in 8,401

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#439231 in 5,080
Michigan#45891 in 7,078
Illinois#508121 in 6,822
Pennsylvania#53771 in 10,823
Texas#640171 in 8,401
California#705191 in 11,177
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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 Mohammed
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#596#595)
  • 46 spots since 2020 (#641#595)
  • 84 spots since 2015 (#511#595)
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1981 (#996#851)
  • Biggest drop: 91 spots in 2002 (#479#570)
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.

Mohammed in 1984

boys
#766
128 births · 1 in 14,100 boys

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #766Mohammed128
More about 1984

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 14,100 of them was named Mohammed, which outranked 89.6% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mohammed
  1. #763Alphonso129
  2. #763Broderick129
  3. #763Tyree129
  4. #766Mohammed128
  5. #766Cortney128
  6. #768Mack127
  7. #769Jaron126
  8. #769Lukas126

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 958Ryne#1,562#604
  2. 472Rachel#1,448#976
  3. 399Zebulon#1,375#976
  4. 359Travon#1,327#968
  5. 347Mackenzie#1,347#1,000
Fallers
  1. 741Trumaine#949#1,690
  2. 422Basil#1,000#1,422
  3. 240Alfonzo#1,000#1,240
  4. 208Jasen#804#1,012
  5. 205Woodrow#949#1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984