The first name Mahmoud

In 2025, 64 boys born in the United States were named Mahmoud, the 2,220th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2018, when 91 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013
• Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
  American basketball player (born 1969)
• Mahmoud Saber
  Egyptian association football player, born 2001
• Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi
  Egyptian Prime Minister (1839–1904)
• Mahmoud El Khatib
  Egyptian association football player, born 1954
• Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
  Egyptian Quran reciter (1917–1980)
• Mahmoud Guendouz
  Algerian footballer and manager, born 1953
• Mahmoud Mokhtar El-Tetsh
  Egyptian association football player (1905–1965)
• Mahmoud El-Gohary
  Egyptian footballer (1938-2012)
• Mahmoud Mokhtar
  Egyptian sculptor (1891–1934)
• Mahmoud Alaa El-Din
  Egyptian association football player, born 1991
• Mahmoud Riad
  Egyptian diplomat and 3rd Secretary-General of the Arab League (1917–1992)

How popular is the name Mahmoud?

In 2025, 29 boys born in England and Wales were named Mahmoud, ranking 1,035th.

Is Mahmoud a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 2,739 US babies named Mahmoud since 1880 were boys.

When was Mahmoud most popular?

2018 in the United States, when 91 babies were named Mahmoud, its highest rank at 1,719th.

Is Mahmoud also a surname?

Yes. Mahmoud is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.