Mohammed
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Used For Mohammad - Founder Of Islamic Religion. Praiseworthy: Glorified.
- Origin
- Arabic
About the Name Mohammed
Mohammed is one of the alternate Arabic-Western spelling variants of Muhammad (see separate entries on Muhammad, Mohamed, and Mohammad 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 (Mohammed, Mohamed, Muhammad, Mohammad, Muhammed) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Arabic name.
Mohammed is one of the most-popular spelling variants in North African-American, Eastern European Muslim-American, and many other Arabic-influenced 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 the iconic Egyptian president Mohammed Naguib (1901–1984, the first President of Egypt 1953–1954); American basketball player Mohammed Saad; the iconic Bosnian-American politician Mohammed Salihodzic; and the contemporary fictional Mohammed of various contemporary novels. Mohammed's American climb has been substantial: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 1985 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 (the dominant warm short form, casual and warm), Hamed, Mehmet, and the rare Med each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Mohammed, Mohamed, Muhammad (the most-classical Arabic transliteration), Mohammad, and Muhammed have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Muhammad (the most-classical Arabic), Mehmet (Turkish), Mohamed (alternate Arabic-Egyptian), Mohammed (alternate Arabic-North-African), and the original Arabic Muḥammad.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Mohammed
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Mohammed by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2014 with 566 boys named Mohammed (boy rank #499 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #595 for boys (486 US births). That's 96 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 Mohammed 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 Mohammed the strongest states are New York, Michigan, Illinois.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #277 | 641 |
| 2 | Michigan | #280 | 327 |
| 3 | Illinois | #336 | 318 |
| 4 | Connecticut | #429 | 33 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #483 | 139 |
| 6 | Virginia | #529 | 132 |
| 7 | Ohio | #550 | 163 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | #550 | 162 |
| 9 | Maryland | #566 | 83 |
| 10 | Oregon | #580 | 19 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #893 | 81 |
| 2 | Tennessee | #851 | 44 |
| 3 | Alabama | #764 | 17 |
| 4 | North Carolina | #764 | 71 |
| 5 | California | #758 | 312 |
| 6 | Arizona | #756 | 50 |
| 7 | Texas | #753 | 207 |
| 8 | Georgia | #739 | 89 |
| 9 | Washington | #730 | 82 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #726 | 32 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Mohammed 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 |
| Mohammad | Praiseworthy: Glorified. Mohammad - Founder Of The Islamic Religion. Many Names And Variants Used For Mohammad. | Male | Arabic |
| Muhammed | Variant Used For Mohammad - Founder Of Islamic Religion. Praiseworthy: Glorified. | Male | Arabic |
Famous People Named Mohammed
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Mohammed.
- Mohammed Rafi was a multiple award winning Indian playback singer.
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Compare Mohammed to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Mohammed against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).