Mohammed
#595 for boys in 2025, 486 births
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 492 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,225since 1922
Mohammed over time
Rank among boys' names. Mohammed has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #595 | 486 |
| 2024 | #596 | 481 |
| 2023 | #621 | 452 |
| 2022 | #717 | 368 |
| 2021 | #696 | 382 |
| 2020 | #641 | 418 |
| 2019 | #659 | 401 |
| 2018 | #627 | 425 |
| 2017 | #568 | 478 |
| 2016 | #592 | 461 |
| 2015 | #511 | 561 |
| 2014 | #498 | 566 |
| 2013 | #557 | 471 |
| 2012 | #557 | 467 |
| 2011 | #565 | 446 |
| 2010 | #602 | 413 |
| 2009 | #639 | 392 |
| 2008 | #651 | 374 |
| 2007 | #685 | 346 |
| 2006 | #634 | 370 |
| 2005 | #626 | 354 |
| 2004 | #615 | 349 |
| 2003 | #604 | 349 |
| 2002 | #570 | 386 |
| 2001 | #479 | 492 |
| 2000 | #519 | 432 |
| 1999 | #490 | 450 |
| 1998 | #524 | 395 |
| 1997 | #539 | 368 |
| 1996 | #582 | 309 |
| 1995 | #591 | 301 |
| 1994 | #609 | 296 |
| 1993 | #669 | 236 |
| 1992 | #670 | 239 |
| 1991 | #644 | 251 |
| 1990 | #678 | 223 |
| 1989 | #696 | 199 |
| 1988 | #699 | 179 |
| 1987 | #698 | 170 |
| 1986 | #771 | 138 |
| 1985 | #736 | 144 |
| 1984 | #766 | 128 |
| 1983 | #735 | 138 |
| 1982 | #766 | 131 |
| 1981 | #851 | 107 |
| 1980 | #996 | 82 |
| 1979 | #952 | 86 |
| 1978 | #1,011 | 73 |
| 1977 | #1,127 | 59 |
| 1976 | #1,144 | 56 |
| 1975 | #1,378 | 40 |
| 1974 | #1,501 | 34 |
| 1973 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #1,823 | 24 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
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| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
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| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
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| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
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| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
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| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
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| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
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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 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#161 · 1 in 972
- New Jersey#209 · 1 in 1,482
- Michigan#262 · 1 in 1,731
- Minnesota#312 · 1 in 2,423
- Connecticut#333 · 1 in 3,037
Best ever in a state: #158 in New York, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #161 | 117 | 1 in 972 |
| New Jersey | #209 | 32 | 1 in 1,482 |
| Michigan | #262 | 34 | 1 in 1,731 |
| Minnesota | #312 | 12 | 1 in 2,423 |
| Connecticut | #333 | 6 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Illinois | #346 | 35 | 1 in 2,280 |
| Virginia | #365 | 15 | 1 in 2,656 |
| Massachusetts | #387 | 9 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Ohio | #464 | 15 | 1 in 4,625 |
| Florida | #476 | 24 | 1 in 3,618 |
| Colorado | #492 | 7 | 1 in 3,898 |
| Wisconsin | #499 | 6 | 1 in 4,881 |
| Maryland | #511 | 7 | 1 in 4,056 |
| California | #589 | 37 | 1 in 6,535 |
| Texas | #625 | 26 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Pennsylvania | #640 | 9 | 1 in 7,339 |
| North Carolina | #715 | 7 | 1 in 7,031 |
| Georgia | #735 | 8 | 1 in 6,726 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 2001 at #479 (492 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1979–2025
- 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
- 28.9% of all boys named Mohammed (4,689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 11 | #3,697 (1928) | #4,002 |
| 1930s | 8 | #2,719 (1935) | #2,719 |
| 1940s | 17 | #2,919 (1946) | #3,339 |
| 1950s | 50 | #2,875 (1952) | #3,481 |
| 1960s | 97 | #1,962 (1968) | #2,842 |
| 1970s | 438 | #952 (1979) | #1,475 |
| 1980s | 1,416 | #696 (1989) | #771 |
| 1990s | 3,068 | #490 (1999) | #600 |
| 2000s | 3,844 | #479 (2001) | #602 |
| 2010s | 4,689 | #498 (2014) | #574 |
| 2020s | 2,587 | #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 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 4,267 of them was named Mohammed, which outranked 95.8% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.