How rare is the name Mahmoud?

7,671 people in the United States have the first name Mahmoud, about 1 in 39,373. It ranks #2,944 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MAHMOUD

#2,944

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,671
About
1 in 39,373
This common or more
81.3%
Who bears it

Of the 7,671 people named Mahmoud, 85.2% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Black and 5.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mahmoud peaked in 2018, when 91 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
91
In 2025*
64 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,739 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mahmoud by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,551. The largest share of babies named Mahmoud, 40.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#14,95510
1970s#8,79390
1980s#5,245268
1990s#3,551661
2000s#4,310692
2010s#4,623669
2020s#5,052349
Generation X 1965–804.5%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1240.7%
2013 and later30.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mahmoud is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mahmoud has been most common in Michigan (3.8×), New Jersey (3.4×), and New York (3.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.82×).

1,384 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mahmoud

#2,942 Amelie · 7,678#2,943 Santino · 7,673#2,945 Forest · 7,663#2,946 Millicent · 7,659

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mahmoud, most common first.

#6,710 Mahmood · 2,362#14,924 Mahmud · 780#16,455 Mahmuda · 685#27,622 Mahmut · 330#30,536 Mahamud · 285#40,852 Mahmooda · 181

Also a last name

As a last name, Mahmoud ranks #6,756 of 156,621, with 4,795 people. See Mahmoud as a last name

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