Mahmud
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Mahmud is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, laudable”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Mahmud mean?
Arabic
“praised, laudable”
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Mahmud a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahmud is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahmud in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Mahmud, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mahmud in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Mahmud in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
How popular is Mahmud in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Mahmud, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer boys named Mahmud than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Mahmud in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahmud in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Names like Mahmud
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Hamza Zayd Ahmed Mustafa Abdullah Zayaan Musab Zayan Umar Fahad
Names related to Mahmud
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, “Mahmud: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahmud, updated 20 October 2026.