How Many People Are Named Mohammed?

15,839

people named Mohammed are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 21,578 people in the US has this name

Based on 16,225 babies named Mohammed in Social Security records from 1922 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,850

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#761

See the top 100

Peak Year

2014

566 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic, Bengali
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant transcription of MUHAMMAD.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

EGYPTIANMohamedMahometMahometusMihammadMohammadMuhammadMuhammedMahammadMuhamedMagomedMagometMukhamedMuhamadMehmedMehmet

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Mohammed in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Mohammed alive today is about 19 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 28 in 2025.

Under 30 12,493
78.9%
30 to 59 3,263
20.6%
60 and over 82
0.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Mohammed first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 2014, to 566 babies. In 2025, 486 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Mohammed has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #479, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #595.

Boys
Rank in 2025#595
Best rank#479 (2001)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#578 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Mohammed alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Mohammed were born in New York than in any other state: about 3,055 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mohammed was given 3.5 times as often in New York, 2.7 times in Illinois and 2.7 times in Michigan.

New York 3,055
Illinois 1,537
California 1,523
Michigan 1,149
Texas 1,058
New Jersey 717
Florida 593
Ohio 588
Virginia 512
Pennsylvania 492
Georgia 300
Maryland 264
Massachusetts 212
North Carolina 212
Washington 180
Minnesota 173
Tennessee 145
Colorado 145
Indiana 130
Connecticut 120
Arizona 114
Missouri 105
Louisiana 76
Wisconsin 71
Kentucky 65
Oregon 48
Kansas 27
Alabama 24
Oklahoma 23
District of Columbia 11
Iowa 10
Utah 10
Maine 5
Mississippi 5
Arkansas 5
Nebraska 5

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