How popular is the name Mohamed?

Mohamed ranks 577th among boys' names in US records, with 35,429 births since 1943. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,631.

Is Mohamed a unisex name?

No. Mohamed is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 1,180 children were given the name. It has been in use for 82 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Mohammad. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#577 of boy names

Pronounced M OW0 HH AA1 M EH0 D (ARPABET)

Mohamed is a boys' name, and first appears in 1943. It has been given to 35,429 children — the 577th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 1,180 children were given it.

Mohammad is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Mohamed and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Mohamed?: Mohamed ranks 577th among boys' names in US records, with 35,429 births since 1943. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,631.
Is Mohamed a unisex name?: No. Mohamed is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Mohamed most popular?: 2014, when 1,180 children were given the name. It has been in use for 82 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Mohamed spelled?: Mohammad. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.