NameTides

Muhammad

Muhammad was the #239 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,473 babies), and #1 in England & Wales and #20 in Canada.

Muhammad as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Muhammad as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNorthern IrelandUS
Muhammad as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#239 (1,473)#1 (5,957)#4 (291)#103 (23)#35 (139)#20 (807)#21 (223)#18 (232)
2024#246 (1,445)#1 (5,721)#2 (293)#154 (14)#45 (126)#27 (695)#24 (203)#18 (238)
2023#271 (1,241)#1 (4,661)#11 (225)#232 (8)#63 (99)#30 (627)#36 (174)#27 (167)
2022#298 (1,155)#2 (4,177)#23 (160)#192 (11)#86 (72)#37 (591)#39 (175)#47 (121)
2021#307 (1,085)#5 (3,722)#43 (120)#326 (5)#109 (58)#47 (548)#47 (172)#38 (168)
2020#309 (1,063)#5 (3,710)#31 (133)#304 (5)#77 (82)#49 (533)#39 (190)#39 (159)
2019#337 (996)#7 (3,604)#43 (121)#274 (6)#78 (86)#68 (470)#45 (184)#52 (144)
2018#346 (962)#8 (3,507)#44 (133)#319 (5)#63 (102)#66 (484)#44 (192)#44 (136)
2017#369 (898)#10 (3,691)#36 (145)#318 (5)#87 (83)#75 (450)#62 (156)#55 (119)
2016#352 (958)#8 (3,908)#47 (134)#253 (7)#83 (85)#75 (468)#57 (171)#56 (110)
2015#365 (882)#12 (3,730)#46 (141)#314 (5)#119 (58)#79 (463)#71 (138)#77 (78)
2014#400 (774)#14 (3,588)#51 (130)—#110 (68)#97 (413)#80 (130)#84 (76)
2013#423 (694)#15 (3,499)#52 (134)—#157 (41)#101 (400)#79 (131)—
2012#469 (582)#19 (3,161)#68 (103)#311 (5)#156 (43)#115 (339)#97 (113)—
2011#482 (545)#22 (2,854)#76 (96)—#180 (37)#116 (347)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #239.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1929.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 46very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 67very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 360common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 170very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 200very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Muhammad is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 980 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Muhammad by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #309WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #328MNIllinois: #109ILMichigan: #210MINew York: #39NYMassachusetts: #264MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #452INOhio: #194OHPennsylvania: #150PANew Jersey: #173NJConnecticut: #281CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #278CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #441CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #120VAMaryland: #90MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #267NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #357GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #355TXFlorida: #478FL
Muhammad (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#9463
Quebec2025#35313

Muhammad (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
MuhammadCanadaBoys#20807
MuhammadEngland & WalesBoys#15,957
Muhammad-England & WalesBoys—too few
MuhammadIrelandBoys#35139
MuhammadNorthern IrelandBoys#10323
MuhammadNSWBoys#21223
MuhammadScotlandBoys#4291
MuhammadUSBoys#2391,473
MuhammadVICBoys#18232