Mohammed
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning praiseworthy.
Babies a year
1,712
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#595
up from #596
UK popularity
#20
1,712 babies · up from #21
How Mohammed has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #512 |
| 2016 | #592 |
| 2017 | #569 |
| 2018 | #627 |
| 2019 | #658 |
| 2020 | #642 |
| 2021 | #696 |
| 2022 | #714 |
| 2023 | #620 |
| 2024 | #596 |
| 2025 | #595 |
In 2025, 1,712 babies in England and Wales were named Mohammed. In the US, 477 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Mohammed was most common in 2000, when it went to 0.02% of American babies of that sex.
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