Mohammad

Meaning: Praised, praiseworthy
Origin: Variant of Muhammad (from Arabic)

Boy's name · #562 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Mohammad is climbing: on the charts since 1964, it is ranked #562 in 2025, with about 530 boys given the name last year. Roughly 17,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#16 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #55 in England & Wales (2025) · #97 in Austria (2025) · #113 in Norway (2025) · #143 in Scotland (2025) · #167 in Belgium (2025) · #170 in Sweden (2025) · #209 in New Zealand (2025) · #210 in Ireland (2025) · #246 in Netherlands (2025) · #352 in France (2025) · #379 in N. Ireland (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Mohammads

Mohammad Khatami — President of Iran from 1997 to 2005
Mohammad Reza I of Iran — Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979
Mohammad Ali Jinnah — Politician and the founder of Pakistan (1876–1948)
Mohammad Mosaddegh — Former Prime Minister of Iran (1882–1967)
Mohammad Najibullah — 4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

What Mohammads become

Among 3,109 notable people named Mohammad:

Political leaders appear 1.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mohammad Khatami, Iranian politician (born 1943).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Muhammad (#239), Mohamed (#527), and Mohammed (#595), Mohammad would rank around #118 with about 3,100 births last year — the newborns split about 48/19/17/16 across Muhammad, Mohamed, Mohammad, and Mohammed.

Similar names: Mohamad · Abdullah · Morgan · Hassan · Ahmad · Mustafa

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