Mohammad

What Mohammad means

Variant of Muhammad, meaning “praised, commendable, laudable”

alternative spelling of Muhammad || Transliteration of Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad, “praised, commendable, laudable”), the passive participle of حَمَّدَ (ḥammada, “to praise, commend, laud, extol”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Mohammad” (revision 93316502) and “Muhammad” (revision 93499266), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Mohammad?

US: Steady: #545 in 2015, #561 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #68 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 529 boys got the name (#561 that year). First in the US records in 1964.

How common

• About 1 in 3,229 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 304 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 614 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NY (0.83 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.79 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.77 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Mohammad is #561 in the US and #55 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Mohammad were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Muhammad1,473 US · 5,957 E&W
• Mohammed486 US · 1,712 E&W
• Mohamed568 US · 240 E&W
• Muhammed67 US · 385 E&W
• Mohamad73 US · 43 E&W
• Muhamad10 US · 13 E&W
• Mouhamad9 US
• Mohamud6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Mohammad

Boys

• Mustafa#760“the chosen one”^*
• Ali#306“high, exalted”^*
• Khalid#940“immortal; glorious; eternal”^*
• Zayn#251“beauty”^*
• Hassan#625“doer of good”^*
• Abdullah#763“servant of God”^*

For a sister

• Alia#587Feminine form of Ali, meaning “high, exalted”^*
• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
• Noor#659“light”^*
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Amina#315“faithful, trustworthy”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Mohammad’s. Rank is US 2025.