Mahamed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-HAH-med
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Mahamed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, praiseworthy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Mahamed mean?
Arabic: Somali spelling of Muhammad
“praised, praiseworthy”
A form of Muhammad, the name of the Prophet of Islam.
Is Mahamed a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahamed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahamed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Mahamed, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 24 boys.
2025 had more boys named Mahamed than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Mahamed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Mahamed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,113 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Mahamed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Mahamed, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Mahamed in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahamed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
Names like Mahamed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Mustafa, Hamza, Mouhamed, Zayd, Musa, Musab, Fahad, Huzaifa, Ibrahim
Names related to Mahamed
Mohamed, Mahmoud, Mehmed, Muhamed, Mahmud, Mahmood, Mahamadou, Mahammed
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mahamed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahamed, updated 20 October 2026.