first name
MOHAMMAD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 51,757 people named Mohammad, 56.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 34.3% as White and 6.5% 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.
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Mohammad peaked in 2022, when 538 babies got the name.
At least 17,193 babies have been given the name since 1964. 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.
Mohammad by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,163. The largest share of babies named Mohammad, 37.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Mohammad is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mohammad has been most common in Virginia (2.6×), New York (2.6×), and Illinois (2.2×), and least common in Kentucky (0.2×).
15,214 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 Mohammad
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mohammad, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mohammad ranks #4,413 of 156,621, with 7,792 people. See Mohammad as a last name
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