Mohammed
Boy · mo-HAM-ed · Arabic
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Mohammed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised”. In 2025 it ranked 24th for boys in the UK (1,745 babies) and 595th for boys in the US (486 babies).
What does Mohammed mean?
Arabic: spelling of Muhammad
“praised”
Spelling of Muhammad, the name of the Prophet of Islam, from an Arabic root meaning praise.
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- mo-HAM-ed
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Is Mohammed a girl's or a boy's name?
Mohammed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,745 boys in the UK and 486 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mohammed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #24among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,745about 1 in 170 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 7.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,745 boys in the UK were named Mohammed, making it the 24th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 36th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 3,516 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mohammed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. 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 Mohammed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #24 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 20th in England and Wales, 148th in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#91), 1934 (#68), 1944 (#87), 1954 (#56), 1964 (#73), 1974 (#61), 1984 (#54), 1994 (#41), 2004 (#19), 2014 (#27) and 2024 (#21).
Mohammed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,745 | #24 |
| 2024 | 1,809 | #23 |
| 2023 | 1,639 | #32 |
| 2022 | 1,740 | #32 |
| 2021 | 1,664 | #39 |
| 2020 | 1,658 | #36 |
| 2019 | 1,788 | #37 |
| 2018 | 1,902 | #36 |
| 2017 | 2,045 | #35 |
| 2016 | 2,291 | #34 |
| 2015 | 2,387 | #32 |
| 2014 | 2,607 | #30 |
| 2013 | 2,946 | #28 |
| 2012 | 2,921 | #30 |
| 2011 | 3,127 | #22 |
| 2010 | 3,177 | #23 |
| 2009 | 3,373 | #21 |
| 2008 | 3,516 | #20 |
| 2007 | 3,514 | #22 |
| 2006 | 3,288 | #25 |
| 2005 | 3,220 | #24 |
| 2004 | 3,278 | #24 |
| 2003 | 3,230 | #26 |
| 2002 | 3,159 | #27 |
| 2001 | 3,073 | #28 |
| 2000 | 2,702 | #30 |
| 1999 | 2,769 | #31 |
| 1998 | 2,576 | #36 |
| 1997 | 2,438 | #38 |
| 1996 | 2,173 | #39 |
How popular is Mohammed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #595among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 486about 1 in 3,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 486 boys in the US were named Mohammed, making it the 595th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 641st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 566 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Mohammed than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Mohammed in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,206 boys in the US were given Mohammed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #124, up from #595 for this spelling alone.
Mohammed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 486 | #595 |
| 2024 | 481 | #596 |
| 2023 | 452 | #621 |
| 2022 | 368 | #717 |
| 2021 | 382 | #696 |
| 2020 | 418 | #641 |
| 2019 | 401 | #659 |
| 2018 | 425 | #627 |
| 2017 | 478 | #568 |
| 2016 | 461 | #592 |
| 2015 | 561 | #511 |
| 2014 | 566 | #498 |
| 2013 | 471 | #557 |
| 2012 | 467 | #557 |
| 2011 | 446 | #565 |
| 2010 | 413 | #602 |
| 2009 | 392 | #639 |
| 2008 | 374 | #651 |
| 2007 | 346 | #685 |
| 2006 | 370 | #634 |
| 2005 | 354 | #626 |
| 2004 | 349 | #615 |
| 2003 | 349 | #604 |
| 2002 | 386 | #570 |
| 2001 | 492 | #479 |
| 2000 | 432 | #519 |
| 1999 | 450 | #490 |
| 1998 | 395 | #524 |
| 1997 | 368 | #539 |
| 1996 | 309 | #582 |
| 1995 | 301 | #590 |
| 1994 | 296 | #608 |
| 1993 | 236 | #668 |
| 1992 | 239 | #668 |
| 1991 | 251 | #642 |
| 1990 | 223 | #676 |
| 1989 | 199 | #693 |
| 1988 | 179 | #699 |
| 1987 | 170 | #698 |
| 1986 | 138 | #771 |
| 1985 | 144 | #736 |
| 1984 | 128 | #766 |
| 1983 | 138 | #735 |
| 1982 | 131 | #766 |
| 1981 | 107 | #851 |
| 1980 | 82 | #996 |
| 1979 | 86 | #952 |
| 1978 | 73 | #1,011 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 56 | #1,144 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Nicknames for Mohammed
- Mo
Names like Mohammed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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