Recorded 1922–2025 · United States
Mohammed was most popular in 2014, when 566 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,045 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,193, with 486 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 16,225 people named Mohammed.
Mohammed first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1922, which makes it about 103 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 80 of the 104 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 16,225 American births named Mohammed between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 15,839 are estimated to be alive today.
486 American babies were named Mohammed in 2025, ranking #1,193 that year.
Mohammed is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 434 births a year, against 502 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -14% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Mohammed is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 16,225 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 15,839 Americans named Mohammed are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 10 and 29.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org