Mouhamed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-HAH-med
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,837 for boys
Mouhamed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, praiseworthy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 1,837th for boys in the US (86 babies).
What does Mouhamed mean?
Arabic: French-influenced spelling of Muhammad
“praised, praiseworthy”
A spelling of Muhammad common in Senegal and other French-speaking West African countries.
Is Mouhamed a girl's or a boy's name?
Mouhamed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 86 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mouhamed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Mouhamed, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mouhamed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Mouhamed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Mouhamed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,837th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 86 about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 117% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 86 boys in the US were named Mouhamed, making it the 1,837th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 89 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Mouhamed in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were given Mouhamed or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #1,837 for this spelling alone.
- Mouhamed 86
- Mouhamad 9
Mouhamed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #1,837 |
| 2024 | 89 | #1,820 |
| 2023 | 57 | #2,386 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 36 | #3,058 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Names like Mouhamed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mustafa, Abdullah, Musa, Ahmed, Zayd, Hamza, Huzaifa, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Zayan, Musab
Other spellings of Mouhamed
Names related to Mouhamed
Mohammed, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohamed, Mohamad, Muhamad, Muhamed, Mohammod, Mouhamadou
More Arabic names
Layla, Lyla, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa, Liyana
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, “Mouhamed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mouhamed, updated 20 October 2026.