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Mohammed

Say it moh-HAM-ed 3 syllables

Arabic · from Muhammad, “praised, commendable, laudable”

Common in England and Wales, the Netherlands, and 2 more places. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

1 in 159 boys born in England and Wales in 2025. Number 20 there.

Mohammed in every place

Rank, count and share in all 40 places: loved in 0, common in 4, rare in 20.
Mohammed in every place we hold figures for
Place Rankyear Boysshare 5 years earlier
British Isles
England and Wales20 (up)20251,7121 in 159322020
Scotland148 (down)2025301 in 6551262020
Northern Ireland395 (new in the list)202531 in 2,761Not listed2020
Ireland468 (down)202571 in 3,3903812020
North America
Ontario (province)109 (up)2024115about 1 in 5211652019
Quebec (province)242 (up)202521about 1 in 1,3834532020
British Columbia (province)318 (up)202310about 1 in 1,3023192018
Nova Scotia (province)Not in the published top 212025Not listed2020
Oceania
New South Wales (state)Not in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Victoria (state)Not in the published top 1012025Not listed2020
Queensland (state)Not in the published top 1012025Not listed2020
South Australia (state)Not in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
New ZealandNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
Western Europe
France187 (down)20252901 in 1,0441822020
Netherlands48 (up)2025258about 1 in 258512020
Central Europe
Austria139 (up)2025471 in 8103212020
Switzerland486 (up)2025151 in 2,4005182020
Berlin (city)110 (down)202331about 1 in 500752018
Munich (city)Rare: below the complete list20252242020
Cologne (city)185 (down)20237about 1 in 9111372018
Bonn (city)97 (up)20256about 1 in 5281262020
Leipzig (city)93 (up)20256about 1 in 4791092020
Rostock (city)172 (new in the list)20251about 1 in 1,047Not listed2020
Nordic countries
Norway126 (up)2025461 in 5061272020
Sweden146 (down)202568about 1 in 6341392020
DenmarkNot in the published top 502025Not listed2020
FinlandNot in the published top 502025No list2020
IcelandNot in the published top 102025No list2020
Southern Europe
SpainNot in the published top 1002024Not listed2019
Catalonia (region)225 (up)2025181 in 1,1502442020
Italy223 (down)2024711 in 2,6671792019
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland705 (new in the list)202521 in 63,202Not listed2020
HungaryNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
SloveniaRare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
EstoniaNot in the published top 272025Not listed2020
Moscow (city)Not in the published top 612025Not listed2020
CroatiaNot in the published top 502025No list2020
Middle East
TurkeyNot in the published top 302025Not listed2020
IsraelRare: below the complete list2024Not listed2019
Latin America
ArgentinaNot in the published top 202024Not listed2019

Germany publishes no national list; the German rows are city registers. About: the publisher leaves out its smallest names, so the share is approximate. ▲ and ▼ compare the rank with five years earlier. Not listed five years earlier: not in that year’s list. No list: the place published no list that year. How these figures are computed.

About the name

Mohammed is a spelling of the Arabic muḥammad. The meaning comes from Muhammad: 'praised, commendable, laudable'. It is the name of the Prophet of Islam, and this spelling is one of several ways the Arabic name has been written in Latin letters.

2 more paragraphs

It has three syllables, moh-HAM-ed, with the stress in the middle. Related spellings include Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mohamad and Mehmed.

Mohammed is popular in England and Wales and holds a place in Ontario and Scotland, as well as the Netherlands, Norway and Austria. French records show it first appearing in the 1930s and peaking much later. Its current trend is mixed, with slightly more places rising than falling.

Meaning, origin and how to say it

Say it
moh-HAM-ed · 3 syllables · Stress on beat 2 of 3.
Meaning
from Muhammad, “praised, commendable, laudable”
Origin
Arabic
Related names
Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammad, Muhammed, Mahamed, Mohamad, Muhamed, Mehmed, M'hamed, Maometto, Mahometus
Where Mohammed comes from (Wiktionary)

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).

Shortened from the Wiktionary entry for Mohammed. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mohammed over time

Rising in 4 of the 19 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 4. Peak in France: 2018.

Rank in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

Mohammed in England and Wales: #36 in 1996, a peak of #16 in 2008, and #20 in 2025.

#1#10#50#100#300200020052010201520202025Top 101996: #36, 2,112 boys1997: #33, 2,390 boys1998: #30, 2,524 boys1999: #29, 2,722 boys2000: #26, 2,637 boys2001: #22, 3,011 boys2002: #22, 3,098 boys2003: #21, 3,174 boys2004: #19, 3,221 boys2005: #20, 3,146 boys2006: #20, 3,239 boys2007: #17, 3,441 boys2008: #16, 3,442 boys2009: #16, 3,300 boys2010: #17, 3,105 boys2011: #19, 3,054 boys2012: #26, 2,853 boys2013: #23, 2,887 boys2014: #27, 2,536 boys2015: #29, 2,332 boys2016: #31, 2,228 boys2017: #30, 1,982 boys2018: #32, 1,846 boys2019: #31, 1,752 boys2020: #32, 1,615 boys2021: #35, 1,619 boys2022: #27, 1,694 boys2023: #28, 1,601 boys2024: #21, 1,760 boys2025: #20, 1,712 boys#36 in 1996peak #16, 2008#20in 2025
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YearRankBoys
1996362,112
1997332,390
1998302,524
1999292,722
2000262,637
2001223,011
2002223,098
2003213,174
2004193,221
2005203,146
2006203,239
2007173,441
2008163,442
2009163,300
2010173,105
2011193,054
2012262,853
2013232,887
2014272,536
2015292,332
2016312,228
2017301,982
2018321,846
2019311,752
2020321,615
2021351,619
2022271,694
2023281,601
2024211,760
2025201,712

Source: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3)

The long view: in France

Half of the boys named Mohammed in France since 1925 were born in or after 2008. Peak: 2018, about 118 per 100,000 boys. Babies per 100,000 boys, five-year periods.

1925-1929: 0 per 100,000 boys1930-1934: 0.3 per 100,000 boys1935-1939: 0 per 100,000 boys1940-1944: 0 per 100,000 boys19401945-1949: 1.2 per 100,000 boys1950-1954: 4.2 per 100,000 boys1955-1959: 14 per 100,000 boys1960-1964: 24 per 100,000 boys19601965-1969: 28.2 per 100,000 boys1970-1974: 22.2 per 100,000 boys1975-1979: 25 per 100,000 boys1980-1984: 26.5 per 100,000 boys19801985-1989: 22.2 per 100,000 boys1990-1994: 22.1 per 100,000 boys1995-1999: 25.4 per 100,000 boys2000-2004: 41.6 per 100,000 boys20002005-2009: 60 per 100,000 boys2010-2014: 81.1 per 100,000 boys2015-2019: 108.5 per 100,000 boys2020-2024: 102.4 per 100,000 boys20202025: 95.8 per 100,000 boys20252015-2019: about 1 in 922 boys
Show the numbers
YearsPer 100,000 boys
1925–19290
1930–19340.3
1935–19390
1940–19440
1945–19491.2
1950–19544.2
1955–195914
1960–196424
1965–196928.2
1970–197422.2
1975–197925
1980–198426.5
1985–198922.2
1990–199422.1
1995–199925.4
2000–200441.6
2005–200960
2010–201481.1
2015–2019108.5
2020–2024102.4
202595.8

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0). Dark bar: the period holding the median birth year.

Brothers and middle names for Mohammed

Brother names

Names that rose and fell with Mohammed, from the same generation, with no clashing sounds.

  1. 1 in 706, England and Wales

  2. 1 in 372, England and Wales

  3. 1 in 819, England and Wales

  4. 1 in 341, England and Wales

  5. 1 in 1,187, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 542, England and Wales

  7. 1 in 178, Catalonia

  8. 1 in 832, England and Wales

  9. 1 in 739, England and Wales

  10. 1 in 231, Switzerland

All 40 brother names for Mohammed

Middle names

Scored for rhythm against Mohammed's 3 syllables and for long, steady use.

  1. 1 in 50, Ireland

  2. 1 in 187, England and Wales

  3. 1 in 61, Northern Ireland

  4. 1 in 118, England and Wales

  5. 1 in 130, Scotland

  6. 1 in 67, England and Wales

  7. 1 in 136, Northern Ireland

  8. 1 in 112, Northern Ireland

Full-name check

Mohammed Jack

Syllables 3-1Initials M.J.No sound clashes between the parts.

All 40 middle names for Mohammed

Sisters for Mohammed: Amina, Amira, Zahra, and 5 more
  1. AminaRose and fell with Mohammed · Same generation as Mohammed
  2. AmiraRose and fell with Mohammed · Same generation as Mohammed
  3. ZahraRose and fell with Mohammed · Same generation as Mohammed
  4. MaryamRose and fell with Mohammed · Same generation as Mohammed · Same initial as Mohammed
  5. KhadijaRose and fell with Mohammed · Same generation as Mohammed
  6. YasminRose and fell with Mohammed · Same generation as Mohammed
  7. LeylaRose and fell with Mohammed · Same generation as Mohammed
  8. NoorRose and fell with Mohammed · Arabic, like Mohammed

Girls' names from the same engine, over the girls' lists of the same publishers.

Moved with Mohammed

The boy names whose popularity rose and fell most like Mohammed's across every region and decade we hold.

  1. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 15 more places.

  2. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  5. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 15 more places.

  6. Rare in Italy, Poland, Sweden, and 12 more places.

  7. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  8. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 10 more places.

Famous people named Mohammed

Mohammed Waad and Mohammed El Filali

From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article on them. People: Wikidata (CC0). Links go to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists, else English.

Questions about Mohammed

How popular is Mohammed in England and Wales?

Mohammed ranked #20 in England and Wales in 2025, given to 1,712 boys, about 1 in 159.

Is Mohammed rising in popularity?

It is rising and falling in about as many places. Rising in 4 of the 19 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 4. Rising in: Ontario, Rostock, Austria, and Quebec.

What does Mohammed mean?

Mohammed comes from Muhammad, which means “praised, commendable, laudable”, according to Wiktionary.

How many syllables does Mohammed have?

Mohammed has 3 syllables: moh-HAM-ed.

Every rank and count on this page comes from an official birth register. How these figures are computed.

Meanings, origins and people: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).

The 42 birth registers behind these figures

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