Mahmoud

Meaning: Praise
Origin: Variant of Mahmud · from the Arabic root H-M-D, as in Muhammad (from Arabic)

Boy's name · #2220 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Mahmoud is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1968, it stood at #2220 in 2025; about 2,700 boys have been named Mahmoud along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#353 in Sweden (2025) · #380 in Austria (2025) · #434 in Norway (2025) · #435 in Belgium (2025) · #973 in Ireland (2025) · #974 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,049 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,057 in France (2025) · #1,510 in Canada (2024).

Famous Mahmouds

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013
Mahmoud Abbas — Palestinian politician (born 1935)
Mahmoud Darwish — The national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008)
Mahmoud Dahoud — German-Syrian association football player (born 1996)
Mahmoud Jibril — Libyan politician (1952–2020)

What Mahmouds become

Among 800 notable people named Mahmoud:

Sports figures appear 1.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mahmoud Dahoud, German-Syrian association football player (born 1996).

Similar names: Nabil · Mohamad · Salim · Asad · Ziyad · Saad

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