# Mohammed (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mohammed/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /mʊəˈhɑːməd/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Momo |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,225 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,225 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 76,028, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 446 | 565 |
| 2012 | 467 | 557 |
| 2013 | 471 | 559 |
| 2014 | 566 | 499 |
| 2015 | 561 | 511 |
| 2016 | 461 | 592 |
| 2017 | 478 | 570 |
| 2018 | 425 | 628 |
| 2019 | 401 | 660 |
| 2020 | 418 | 643 |
| 2021 | 382 | 697 |
| 2022 | 368 | 717 |
| 2023 | 452 | 622 |
| 2024 | 481 | 596 |
| 2025 | 486 | 595 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,054 | 19 |
| 2012 | 2,853 | 26 |
| 2013 | 2,887 | 23 |
| 2014 | 2,536 | 27 |
| 2015 | 2,332 | 29 |
| 2016 | 2,228 | 31 |
| 2017 | 1,982 | 30 |
| 2018 | 1,846 | 32 |
| 2019 | 1,752 | 31 |
| 2020 | 1,615 | 32 |
| 2021 | 1,619 | 35 |
| 2022 | 1,694 | 27 |
| 2023 | 1,601 | 28 |
| 2024 | 1,760 | 21 |
| 2025 | 1,712 | 20 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.