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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #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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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 2013

  • 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: #676 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,458 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: #443 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,547 boysMNIllinois: #277 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 1,402 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedWIMichigan: #220 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,066 boysMINew York: #277 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 1,485 boysNYMassachusetts: #466 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,262 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedRIOregon: #587 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,596 boysORNevada: 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: #705 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,093 boysINOhio: #476 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 3,141 boysOHPennsylvania: #434 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,845 boysPANew Jersey: #353 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,076 boysNJConnecticut: #397 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,383 boysCTCalifornia: #648 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 5,280 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedUTColorado: #447 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,439 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedNEMissouri: #549 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,529 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedWVVirginia: #391 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,318 boysVAMaryland: #542 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,435 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedDEArizona: #594 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,088 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: #588 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,952 boysTNNorth Carolina: #846 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,201 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: 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: #677 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,474 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Mohammed, so not publishedHITexas: #703 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 5,462 boysTXFlorida: #917 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,784 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#220 · 1 in 1,066
  2. Illinois#277 · 1 in 1,402
  3. New York#277 · 1 in 1,485
  4. New Jersey#353 · 1 in 2,076
  5. Virginia#391 · 1 in 2,318

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Michigan#220451 in 1,066
Illinois#277471 in 1,402
New York#277691 in 1,485
New Jersey#353201 in 2,076
Virginia#391181 in 2,318
Connecticut#39761 in 2,383
Pennsylvania#434211 in 2,845
Minnesota#443111 in 2,547
Colorado#447111 in 2,439
Massachusetts#46691 in 3,262
Ohio#476191 in 3,141
Maryland#54281 in 3,435
Missouri#54991 in 3,529
Oregon#58751 in 3,596
Tennessee#58891 in 3,952
Arizona#59491 in 4,088
California#648431 in 5,280
Washington#67681 in 4,458
Georgia#677121 in 4,474
Texas#703331 in 5,462
Indiana#70571 in 5,093
North Carolina#84671 in 7,201
Florida#917121 in 7,784
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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 2013

boys
#557
471 births · 1 in 4,016 boys

Top boys' names in 2013

  1. #1Noah18,291
  2. #2Jacob18,201
  3. #3Liam18,153
  4. #4Mason17,730
  5. #5William16,669
  6. #6Ethan16,260
  7. #7Michael15,544
  8. #8Alexander14,923
  9. #9Jayden14,804
  10. #10Daniel14,326
  11. #557Mohammed471
More about 2013

boys

1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 4,016 of them was named Mohammed, which outranked 96.0% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mohammed
  1. #554Asa479
  2. #555Joe476
  3. #555Roger476
  4. #557Mohammed471
  5. #557Channing471
  6. #557Kieran471
  7. #557Nathanael471
  8. #562Malakai470
  9. #563Daxton469
  10. #564Ezequiel468

Tied with 4 names at #557; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 843Jayceon#1,050 → #207
  2. ↑ 636Milan#1,182 → #546
  3. ↑ 604Atlas#1,383 → #779
  4. ↑ 504Jayse#1,466 → #962
  5. ↑ 423Duke#1,145 → #722
Fallers
  1. ↓ 318Austyn#898 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 291Masen#723 → #1,014
  3. ↓ 274Jaidyn#979 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 267Trevon#925 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 260Bently#637 → #897

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →