Muhamad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-HAM-ad
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Muhamad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, praiseworthy”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Muhamad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Muhammad
“praised, praiseworthy”
Spelling of Muhammad, the name of the Prophet of Islam, from an Arabic root meaning praise.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Muhamad a girl's or a boy's name?
Muhamad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muhamad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Muhamad, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Muhamad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021. 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 Muhamad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1, up from #1,613 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Muhamad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Muhamad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Muhamad, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had fewer boys named Muhamad than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Muhamad in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,206 boys in the US were given Muhamad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #124, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Muhamad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Nicknames for Muhamad
- Mo
Names like Muhamad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mustafa Abdullah Musa Zayd Hamza Ahmed Fahad Huzaifa Ahad Zayaan Ibrahim Musab
Other spellings of Muhamad
Names related to Muhamad
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, “Muhamad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muhamad, updated 20 October 2026.