NameTides

Mohammed

Mohammed was the #595 boys' name in the US in 2025 (486 babies), and #20 in England & Wales and #168 in Canada.

Mohammed as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mohammed as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaNorthern IrelandIrelandUS
Mohammed as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#595 (486)#20 (1,712)#148 (30)#395 (3)#468 (7)#168 (200)
2024#596 (481)#21 (1,760)#117 (43)#278 (6)#252 (17)#178 (190)
2023#621 (452)#28 (1,601)#129 (38)—#254 (17)#229 (142)
2022#717 (368)#27 (1,694)#129 (43)#414 (3)#454 (7)#215 (157)
2021#696 (382)#35 (1,619)#120 (45)—#326 (13)#293 (117)
2020#641 (418)#32 (1,615)#126 (43)—#381 (10)#232 (143)
2019#659 (401)#31 (1,752)#153 (36)—#352 (11)#232 (154)
2018#627 (425)#32 (1,846)#121 (49)#255 (7)#369 (10)#238 (150)
2017#568 (478)#30 (1,982)#94 (63)—#336 (12)#227 (160)
2016#592 (461)#31 (2,228)#113 (60)#421 (3)#298 (15)#238 (153)
2015#511 (561)#29 (2,332)#120 (55)—#294 (15)#213 (175)
2014#498 (566)#27 (2,536)#99 (71)—#286 (16)#213 (176)
2013#557 (471)#23 (2,887)#108 (59)—#296 (15)#208 (174)
2012#557 (467)#26 (2,853)#104 (65)#403 (3)#379 (10)#207 (169)
2011#565 (446)#19 (3,054)#92 (73)—#326 (13)#177 (206)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #498.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1922.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 650common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 800common

Next year

On its recent trend, Mohammed is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mohammed by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #254ILMichigan: #210MINew York: #217NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #545INOhio: #595OHPennsylvania: #442PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #776CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #677TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Mohammed (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#109115
Quebec2025#24121

Mohammed (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MohammedCanadaBoys#168200
MohammedEngland & WalesBoys#201,712
Mohammed-England & WalesBoys—too few
MohammedIrelandBoys#4687
MohammedNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
MohammedScotlandBoys#14830
MohammedUSBoys#595486