How Many People Are Named Mohammad?
people named Mohammad are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 20,315 people in the US has this name
Based on 17,193 babies named Mohammad in Social Security records from 1964 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
538 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Persian form of MUHAMMAD. It is also a variant transcription of the Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto and Bengali name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Mohammad (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mohammad alive today is about 19 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mohammad first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 2022, to 538 babies. In 2025, 529 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mohammad has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #465, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #562.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #562 |
| Best rank | #465 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #590 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mohammad alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mohammad were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,988 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mohammad was given 3.1 times as often in New York, 2.6 times in Illinois and 2.5 times in Virginia.
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