first name
MOHAMMED
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 48,042 people named Mohammed, 47.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 36.3% as White and 10.2% as Black. 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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Mohammed peaked in 2014, when 566 babies got the name.
At least 16,225 babies have been given the name since 1922. 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.
Mohammed by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,198. The largest share of babies named Mohammed, 39.3%, 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 Mohammed is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mohammed has been most common in New York (2.9×), Illinois (2.3×), and Michigan (2.2×), and least common in Wisconsin (0.26×).
13,966 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 Mohammed
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mohammed, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Mohammed ranks #1,491 of 156,621, with 23,378 people. See Mohammed as a last name
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