Muhammad

#239 for boys in 2025, 1,473 births

Peak · boys
2025 · 1,473 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,962
since 1929

Muhammad over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Muhammad has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013boysat peak
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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#2391,473
2024#2461,445
2023#2711,241
2022#2981,155
2021#3071,085
2020#3091,063
2019#337996
2018#346962
2017#369898
2016#352958
2015#365882
2014#400774
2013#423694
2012#469582
2011#482545
2010#505510
2009#601430
2008#616403
2007#705330
2006#637366
2005#691299
2004#681296
2003#651306
2002#657284
2001#588339
2000#617304
1999#698240
1998#721229
1997#719218
1996#769191
1995#776191
1994#866153
1993#885145
1992#896139
1991#999115
1990#1,026106
1989#1,10991
1988#929106
1987#893110
1986#93795
1985#906100
1984#784122
1983#813115
1982#853108
1981#93891
1980#97485
1979#841106
1978#93885
1977#97577
1976#96375
1975#1,13855
1974#1,61830
1973#2,40516
1972#1,77125
1971#1,49433
1970#1,88922
1969#2,54912
1968#2,73510
1967#2,47011
1966#2,9868
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First appearance
1929

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 2013

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedNHWashington: #419 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,229 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #558 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,502 boysMNIllinois: #311 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,569 boysILWisconsin: #500 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,013 boysWIMichigan: #365 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,000 boysMINew York: #127 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 582 boysNYMassachusetts: #362 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,447 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedIAIndiana: #776 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,942 boysINOhio: #617 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,590 boysOHPennsylvania: #406 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,598 boysPANew Jersey: #215 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,065 boysNJConnecticut: #264 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,300 boysCTCalifornia: #519 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 3,784 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedNEMissouri: #549 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,529 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedWVVirginia: #210 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 993 boysVAMaryland: #171 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 743 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedARTennessee: #755 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,928 boysTNNorth Carolina: #628 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,583 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedALGeorgia: #524 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,158 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Muhammad, so not publishedHITexas: #463 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 2,955 boysTXFlorida: #599 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 4,061 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#127 · 1 in 582
  2. Maryland#171 · 1 in 743
  3. Virginia#210 · 1 in 993
  4. New Jersey#215 · 1 in 1,065
  5. Connecticut#264 · 1 in 1,300

Best ever in a state: #39 in New York, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#1271761 in 582
Maryland#171371 in 743
Virginia#210421 in 993
New Jersey#215391 in 1,065
Connecticut#264111 in 1,300
Illinois#311421 in 1,569
Massachusetts#362121 in 2,447
Michigan#365241 in 2,000
Pennsylvania#406231 in 2,598
Washington#419161 in 2,229
Texas#463611 in 2,955
Wisconsin#50091 in 3,013
California#519601 in 3,784
Georgia#524171 in 3,158
Missouri#54991 in 3,529
Minnesota#55881 in 3,502
Florida#599231 in 4,061
Ohio#617131 in 4,590
North Carolina#628111 in 4,583
Tennessee#75561 in 5,928
Indiana#77661 in 5,942
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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
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
96 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1929
  • Peaked 2025 at #239 (1,473 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1991–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,160
  • Highest: 1 in 1,160 boys born in 2025 were named Muhammad (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.5% of all boys named Muhammad (7,801) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#3,959 (1929)#3,959
1930s0——
1940s10#3,505 (1941)#3,587
1950s0——
1960s53#2,470 (1967)#2,999
1970s524#841 (1979)#1,403
1980s1,023#784 (1984)#914
1990s1,727#698 (1999)#836
2000s3,357#588 (2001)#644
2010s7,801#337 (2019)#405
2020s7,462#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 2013

boys
#423
694 births · 1 in 2,726 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. #423Muhammad694
More about 2013

boys

1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 2,726 of them was named Muhammad, which outranked 97.0% 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 Muhammad
  1. #420Ari704
  2. #421Keaton701
  3. #422Albert697
  4. #423Muhammad694
  5. #424Rocco693
  6. #425Jaime688
  7. #425Rhett688
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 →