Mohamed
Boy · mo-HAM-ed · Arabic
Mohamed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 217th for boys in the UK (256 babies) and 527th for boys in the US (568 babies).
What does Mohamed mean?
Arabic: spelling of Muhammad
“praised”
Spelling of Muhammad common in Egypt, North Africa and Somalia.
- Say it
- mo-HAM-ed
More on Wiktionary.
Is Mohamed a girl's or a boy's name?
Mohamed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 256 boys in the UK and 568 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mohamed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #217among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 256about 1 in 1,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 256 boys in the UK were named Mohamed, making it the 217th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 194th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 435 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mohamed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 9,659 boys in the UK were given Mohamed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #217 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 209th in England and Wales and 253rd in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#90).
Mohamed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 256 | #217 |
| 2024 | 253 | #221 |
| 2023 | 241 | #225 |
| 2022 | 268 | #216 |
| 2021 | 236 | #240 |
| 2020 | 287 | #194 |
| 2019 | 268 | #215 |
| 2018 | 294 | #203 |
| 2017 | 274 | #222 |
| 2016 | 335 | #190 |
| 2015 | 327 | #196 |
| 2014 | 351 | #184 |
| 2013 | 337 | #192 |
| 2012 | 343 | #194 |
| 2011 | 410 | #160 |
| 2010 | 418 | #157 |
| 2009 | 403 | #157 |
| 2008 | 435 | #149 |
| 2007 | 405 | #151 |
| 2006 | 413 | #146 |
| 2005 | 347 | #156 |
| 2004 | 344 | #153 |
| 2003 | 329 | #153 |
| 2002 | 311 | #148 |
| 2001 | 298 | #148 |
| 2000 | 285 | #150 |
| 1999 | 249 | #156 |
| 1998 | 245 | #164 |
| 1997 | 239 | #165 |
| 1996 | 214 | #171 |
How popular is Mohamed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #527among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 568about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 568 boys in the US were named Mohamed, making it the 527th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 556th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 712 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had more boys named Mohamed than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Mohamed in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,206 boys in the US were given Mohamed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #124, up from #527 for this spelling alone.
Mohamed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 568 | #527 |
| 2024 | 541 | #550 |
| 2023 | 543 | #543 |
| 2022 | 524 | #565 |
| 2021 | 552 | #533 |
| 2020 | 508 | #556 |
| 2019 | 614 | #477 |
| 2018 | 654 | #456 |
| 2017 | 663 | #456 |
| 2016 | 647 | #473 |
| 2015 | 671 | #451 |
| 2014 | 712 | #428 |
| 2013 | 645 | #446 |
| 2012 | 626 | #441 |
| 2011 | 635 | #429 |
| 2010 | 605 | #442 |
| 2009 | 649 | #433 |
| 2008 | 535 | #507 |
| 2007 | 590 | #463 |
| 2006 | 573 | #468 |
| 2005 | 524 | #478 |
| 2004 | 484 | #505 |
| 2003 | 480 | #506 |
| 2002 | 453 | #503 |
| 2001 | 541 | #447 |
| 2000 | 498 | #472 |
| 1999 | 432 | #500 |
| 1998 | 430 | #500 |
| 1997 | 346 | #556 |
| 1996 | 285 | #613 |
| 1995 | 282 | #609 |
| 1994 | 237 | #670 |
| 1993 | 215 | #706 |
| 1992 | 200 | #729 |
| 1991 | 202 | #708 |
| 1990 | 193 | #733 |
| 1989 | 140 | #845 |
| 1988 | 116 | #883 |
| 1987 | 122 | #845 |
| 1986 | 132 | #789 |
| 1985 | 116 | #832 |
| 1984 | 87 | #943 |
| 1983 | 90 | #930 |
| 1982 | 103 | #876 |
| 1981 | 91 | #938 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,055 |
| 1979 | 71 | #1,044 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,170 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,158 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 18 | #2,202 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 17 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
Nicknames for Mohamed
- Mo
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