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How popular is the name Mohamed?
Births per year, rank history and how many Mohameds are alive today.
Mohamed (male), a spelling of Mohammad, sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 209th in 2025 with 240 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1954, when around 470 babies were given the name, the 90th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2008, with 430 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 226 in 2021 before climbing back to the 209th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 23,000 babies have been named Mohamed in England and Wales since 1954. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Across all spellings of the name, the Mohammad you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Mohammads born in England and Wales are between 14 and 49, and there are at least 64,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 19% chance that at least one of them will be called Mohammad.
How many babies are named Mohamed each year?
Includes all spellings: Mohamed, Mohammad. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Mohamed spelling rank?
Where does the Mohammad spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Mohamed most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Mohammad, peaked in 2008, when 1,536 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Mohamed spelling itself peaked in 1954, with around 470 babies.
How many people are called Mohamed?
At least 64,000 people named Mohamed in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Mohamed?
Most living Mohameds are between 14 and 49; the most common age is about 17.
Is Mohamed becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.