Muhammad
#239 for boys in 2025, 1,473 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,473 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,962since 1929
Muhammad over time
Rank among boys' names. Muhammad has never cracked the top 200 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 | #239 | 1,473 |
| 2024 | #246 | 1,445 |
| 2023 | #271 | 1,241 |
| 2022 | #298 | 1,155 |
| 2021 | #307 | 1,085 |
| 2020 | #309 | 1,063 |
| 2019 | #337 | 996 |
| 2018 | #346 | 962 |
| 2017 | #369 | 898 |
| 2016 | #352 | 958 |
| 2015 | #365 | 882 |
| 2014 | #400 | 774 |
| 2013 | #423 | 694 |
| 2012 | #469 | 582 |
| 2011 | #482 | 545 |
| 2010 | #505 | 510 |
| 2009 | #601 | 430 |
| 2008 | #616 | 403 |
| 2007 | #705 | 330 |
| 2006 | #637 | 366 |
| 2005 | #691 | 299 |
| 2004 | #681 | 296 |
| 2003 | #651 | 306 |
| 2002 | #657 | 284 |
| 2001 | #588 | 339 |
| 2000 | #617 | 304 |
| 1999 | #698 | 240 |
| 1998 | #721 | 229 |
| 1997 | #719 | 218 |
| 1996 | #769 | 191 |
| 1995 | #776 | 191 |
| 1994 | #866 | 153 |
| 1993 | #885 | 145 |
| 1992 | #896 | 139 |
| 1991 | #999 | 115 |
| 1990 | #1,026 | 106 |
| 1989 | #1,109 | 91 |
| 1988 | #929 | 106 |
| 1987 | #893 | 110 |
| 1986 | #937 | 95 |
| 1985 | #906 | 100 |
| 1984 | #784 | 122 |
| 1983 | #813 | 115 |
| 1982 | #853 | 108 |
| 1981 | #938 | 91 |
| 1980 | #974 | 85 |
| 1979 | #841 | 106 |
| 1978 | #938 | 85 |
| 1977 | #975 | 77 |
| 1976 | #963 | 75 |
| 1975 | #1,138 | 55 |
| 1974 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #1,771 | 25 |
| 1971 | #1,494 | 33 |
| 1970 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
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| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
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| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Muhammad! It came in at #3,959, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1960, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Muhammad is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#385 · 1 in 4,084
- New Jersey#517 · 1 in 6,897
- Texas#1,105 · 1 in 23,023
Best ever in a state: #39 in New York, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New York | #385 | 27 | 1 in 4,084 |
| New Jersey | #517 | 6 | 1 in 6,897 |
| Texas | #1,105 | 5 | 1 in 23,023 |
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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 Muhammad
- 7 spots since 2024 (#246 → #239)
- 70 spots since 2020 (#309 → #239)
- 126 spots since 2015 (#365 → #239)
- Biggest jump: 175 spots in 1976 (#1,138 → #963)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1989 (#929 → #1,109)
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 2025 at #239 (1,473 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1991–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,160 boys born in 2025 were named Muhammad (0.09%)
- 35.5% of all boys named Muhammad (7,801) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #3,959 (1929) | #3,959 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 10 | #3,505 (1941) | #3,587 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 53 | #2,470 (1967) | #2,999 |
| 1970s | 524 | #841 (1979) | #1,403 |
| 1980s | 1,023 | #784 (1984) | #914 |
| 1990s | 1,727 | #698 (1999) | #836 |
| 2000s | 3,357 | #588 (2001) | #644 |
| 2010s | 7,801 | #337 (2019) | #405 |
| 2020s | 7,462 | #239 (2025) | #278 |
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.
Muhammad in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 19,316 of them was named Muhammad, which outranked 86.1% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #932Dedric86
- #932Deshaun86
- #932Tate86
- #938Muhammad85
- #938Carmelo85
- #938Christina85
- #938Duncan85
- #945Antonia84
- #945Doug84
- #945Edgardo84
Tied with 6 names at #938; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.