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Muhammad

Pronounced M UH0 HH AA1 M AH0 D (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 2024
  • 96 years in use
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How popular is Muhammad?

Muhammad is a boys' name, and first appears in 1929. It has been given to 20,478 children — the 756th most common boys' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,441 children were given it.

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Characteristics

  • Alliterative
  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
M UH0 HH AA1 M AH0 D
Stress pattern:
010
Syllables:
3

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

Names like Muhammad

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

Sibling names for Muhammad

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Muhammad?
Muhammad ranks 756th among boys' names in US records, with 20,478 births since 1929. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,679.
Is Muhammad a unisex name?
No. Muhammad is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Muhammad most popular?
2024, when 1,441 children were given the name. It has been in use for 96 years and is still recorded as of 2024.