Muhamed
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Muhamed is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Muhamed mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Muhamed a girl's or a boy's name?
Muhamed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muhamed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Muhamed, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 27 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Muhamed since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Muhamed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Muhamed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,057 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,446 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
How popular is Muhamed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Muhamed, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Muhamed than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Muhamed in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muhamed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Muhamed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Abdullah, Mustafa, Hamza, Musa, Zayd, Mouhamed, Ibrahim, Huzaifa, Musab, Umar, Fahad
Names related to Muhamed
Muhammad, Mohammed, Muhammed, Mohamed, Muhamad, Mehmed, Mahamed, Mouhamad
More Arabic names
Layla, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Muhamed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muhamed, updated 20 October 2026.