first name
MUHAMMAD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 33,698 people named Muhammad, 81% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 7.7% as White and 7.6% 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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Muhammad peaked in 2025, when 1,473 babies got the name.
At least 21,962 babies have been given the name since 1929. 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.
Muhammad by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #531. The largest share of babies named Muhammad, 62%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Muhammad is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Muhammad has been most common in New York (3.3×), Maryland (2.7×), and Virginia (2.3×), and least common in Louisiana (0.23×).
19,802 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 Muhammad
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Muhammad, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Muhammad ranks #1,704 of 156,621, with 20,614 people. See Muhammad as a last name
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