Mohammad
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Praiseworthy: Glorified. Mohammad - Founder Of The Islamic Religion. Many Names And Variants Used For Mohammad.
- Origin
- Arabic
About the Name Mohammad
Mohammad is one of the alternate Arabic-Western spelling variants of Muhammad (see separate entries on Muhammad and Mohamed 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 (Mohammad, Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammed, Muhammed) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Arabic name.
Mohammad is one of the most-popular spelling variants in Iranian-American, Pakistani-American, and Bangladeshi-American naming. 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 Mohammad Ali (using the alternate spelling); contemporary Iranian-American filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof; American politician Mohammad Khatami; and the iconic Saudi-American crown prince Mohammad bin Salman (born 1985, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia since 2017). Mohammad'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, particularly Iranian-American, Pakistani-American, and Bangladeshi-American. 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 (the dominant short form, casual and warm), Mohi, Hamad, and the rare Med each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Mohammad, Mohamed, Muhammad (the most-classical Arabic transliteration), Mohammed, and Muhammed have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Muhammad (the most-classical Arabic), Mehmet (Turkish), Mohamed (alternate Arabic-Egyptian), and the original Arabic Muḥammad.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Mohammad
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Mohammad by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2022 with 537 boys named Mohammad (boy rank #556 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #562 for boys (529 US births). That's 6 places below its 2022 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 Mohammad 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 Mohammad the strongest states are New York, Virginia, Illinois.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #260 | 689 |
| 2 | Virginia | #276 | 293 |
| 3 | Illinois | #367 | 299 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #405 | 183 |
| 5 | Connecticut | #430 | 53 |
| 6 | Maryland | #490 | 110 |
| 7 | California | #492 | 608 |
| 8 | Michigan | #509 | 154 |
| 9 | Ohio | #565 | 168 |
| 10 | Louisiana | #566 | 85 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | #833 | 59 |
| 2 | Georgia | #824 | 78 |
| 3 | Florida | #803 | 145 |
| 4 | Arizona | #761 | 23 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | #699 | 33 |
| 6 | Indiana | #696 | 65 |
| 7 | Colorado | #692 | 54 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | #650 | 49 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #647 | 131 |
| 10 | Missouri | #638 | 71 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Mohammad 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 |
| Mohamed | Variant Used For Mohammad - Founder Of Islamic Religion. Praiseworthy: Glorified. | 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 Mohammad
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Mohammad.
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the Last Shah of Iran who introduced many reforms to foster economic developments in the country.
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Compare Mohammad to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Mohammad against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).