# Muhammed (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/muhammed/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,600 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,600 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,912, 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 | 64 | 2,098 |
| 2012 | 89 | 1,705 |
| 2013 | 84 | 1,749 |
| 2014 | 106 | 1,521 |
| 2015 | 92 | 1,700 |
| 2016 | 80 | 1,871 |
| 2017 | 80 | 1,852 |
| 2018 | 76 | 1,952 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,013 |
| 2020 | 74 | 1,958 |
| 2021 | 65 | 2,186 |
| 2022 | 74 | 2,055 |
| 2023 | 96 | 1,733 |
| 2024 | 102 | 1,658 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,159 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 568 | 113 |
| 2012 | 533 | 121 |
| 2013 | 561 | 108 |
| 2014 | 548 | 111 |
| 2015 | 532 | 121 |
| 2016 | 534 | 118 |
| 2017 | 450 | 133 |
| 2018 | 382 | 147 |
| 2019 | 379 | 148 |
| 2020 | 403 | 138 |
| 2021 | 354 | 156 |
| 2022 | 398 | 138 |
| 2023 | 406 | 134 |
| 2024 | 424 | 130 |
| 2025 | 385 | 129 |

## People named Muhammed

- Muhammed Lawal, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
- Muhammed Badamosi, Gambian association football player
- Muhammed Sanneh, Gambian footballer (born 2000)
- Mahammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani politician (1884–1955)
- Askia Muhammad I, Emperor of the Songhai empire

## 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.