Mohd
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mo-HAM-mad
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Mohd is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised; praiseworthy”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Mohd mean?
Arabic: written abbreviation of Mohammed
“praised; praiseworthy”
A written abbreviation of Mohammed, common in Malaysia and South Asia and usually said in full.
Is Mohd a girl's or a boy's name?
Mohd is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mohd in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Mohd, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 boys.
2025 had more boys named Mohd than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Mohd in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Mohd in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
Names like Mohd
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan Mouhamed Asad Fahad Hamza Saif Saeed Azeem Usman Qasim Murad Hammad
Names related to Mohd
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mohd: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mohd, updated 20 October 2026.