Mohamed
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Used For Mohammad - Founder Of Islamic Religion. Praiseworthy: Glorified.
- Origin
- Arabic
About the Name Mohamed
Mohamed is the Arabic spelling variant of Muhammad (see separate entry on Muhammad for the Arabic Muḥammad etymology meaning "praiseworthy" or "the one worthy of praise" — referring to the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam). The various spellings (Mohamed, Mohammed, Muhammad, Mohammad, Muhammed) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Arabic name.
Mohamed is the most-popular spelling variant in Egyptian-Arabic, French-North-African, and many other Arabic-speaking American communities. The name is one of the most-given names in human history, continuously the most-popular boy's name in many Muslim-majority countries for over a millennium.
Notable bearers include American boxer Mohamed Ali (alternate spelling of Muhammad Ali); Egyptian-American filmmaker Mohamed Diab; contemporary Egyptian soccer star Mohamed Salah (born 1992, the iconic Liverpool FC forward and Egyptian national team captain); and the iconic Sudanese basketball player Mohamed Bamba (born 1998, the American NBA player). Mohamed's American climb has been substantial: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 1990 to the US top 300 boys' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. The name has been driven primarily by Muslim-American immigration. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the layered Arabic-Islamic-religious-Prophet pedigree, the in-built distinctive praiseworthy etymological register, and the popular three-syllable structure with the distinctive M-H-M-D consonant rhythm. Three flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to Arabic-derived naming. The name reads as both classical-Islamic and contemporary American. Common nicknames Mo, Mohamad, Hamad, and the rare Mead each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Mohamed, Mohammed, Muhammad (the most-classical Arabic transliteration), Mohammad, and Muhammed have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Muhammad (the most-classical Arabic), Mehmet (Turkish), Mohammed (alternate Western), and the original Arabic Muḥammad.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Mohamed
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Mohamed by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2014 with 712 boys named Mohamed (boy rank #428 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #527 for boys (568 US births). That's 99 places below its 2014 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Mohamed Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Mohamed the strongest states are Minnesota, New York, Michigan.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | #92 | 657 |
| 2 | New York | #207 | 915 |
| 3 | Michigan | #216 | 440 |
| 4 | North Dakota | #220 | 30 |
| 5 | Maine | #244 | 17 |
| 6 | Ohio | #256 | 449 |
| 7 | Maryland | #379 | 138 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #394 | 186 |
| 9 | Nebraska | #398 | 41 |
| 10 | Kentucky | #441 | 82 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Mohamed in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamad | Variant Used For Mohammad - Founder Of Islamic Religion. Praiseworthy: Glorified. | Male | Arabic |
| Mohammad | Praiseworthy: Glorified. Mohammad - Founder Of The Islamic Religion. Many Names And Variants Used For Mohammad. | Male | Arabic |
| Mohammed | Variant Used For Mohammad - Founder Of Islamic Religion. Praiseworthy: Glorified. | Male | Arabic |
| Muhammed | Variant Used For Mohammad - Founder Of Islamic Religion. Praiseworthy: Glorified. | Male | Arabic |
Famous People Named Mohamed
2 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Mohamed.
- Mohamed Al-Fayed — Entrepreneur (1929)
- Mohamed Morsi is an Egyptian politician who served as the first democratically elected President of Egypt before his government was overthrown by armed forces.
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Compare Mohamed to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Mohamed against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).