Muhammad

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Muhammad is ranked 245th among boys in 2024 (1,441 births). Its best rank was 245th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #245up 27 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,4410.08% of boys
Peak year: 20241,441 births
Best rank: #245in 2024
Since 1929: 20,478people given the name

Babies named Muhammad, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

20,478 boys have been named Muhammad in the United States since 1929, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,441 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 46 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Muhammad
1920s	5
1940s	10
1960s	52
1970s	525
1980s	1,022
1990s	1,723
2000s	3,357
2010s	7,800
2020s	5,984

In 2024, its biggest year

Muhammad was the 245th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Muhammad

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.