Mohammed

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Muhammad is an Arabic given male name meaning "praiseworthy". The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb ḥammada, meaning "to praise", which itself comes from the triconsonantal Semitic root Ḥ-M-D.

From Wikipedia

Mohammed first appears in the data in 1922 and has been recorded in 79 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 566 babies (rank #499 that year). In 2024 it was given to 481 boys (rank #596). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Mohammed

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mohammed yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

15,727
Total babies (all years)
79
Years in the data
566
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19225#4,756
19286#3,999
19358#2,869
19425#3,909
19435#3,880
19467#3,093
19506#3,576
19528#3,026
19548#3,102
19556#3,760
19565#4,301
19575#4,362
19587#3,478
19595#4,379
19609#3,016
19616#3,927
196210#2,788
19637#3,550
19648#3,207
196510#2,718
19667#3,440
196710#2,718
196817#2,006
196913#2,511
197018#2,189
197124#1,849
197219#2,131
197329#1,639
197434#1,510
197540#1,395
197656#1,150
197759#1,135
197873#1,025
197985#963
198082#1,000
1981107#855
1982131#771
1983138#737
1984128#767
1985143#743
1986138#772
1987170#700
1988177#707
1989199#696
1990223#678
1991251#647
1992239#672
1993235#672
1994296#609
1995301#594
1996309#582
1997367#539
1998395#525
1999448#491
2000432#519
2001491#481
2002386#570
2003349#604
2004349#615
2005354#626
2006370#635
2007346#688
2008374#652
2009392#641
2010413#605
2011446#565
2012467#557
2013471#559
2014566#499
2015561#511
2016461#592
2017478#570
2018425#627
2019401#659
2020418#642
2021382#697
2022367#716
2023450#624
2024481#596