Mohmed
An Arabic name meaning "highly praised" or "praiseworthy".
Name Census estimates that about 93 living Americans carry the first name Mohmed. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Mohmed today is around 24 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Mohmed births was 1995 (9 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Mohmed. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Mohmed with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Mohmed. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
93
~ 1 in 3,685,531 Americans
Peak year
1995
9 babies that year
Average age
24
years old
2019 SSA rank
#13,482
Tracked since 1991
Census
Mohmed in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 393 people with the first name Mohmed, which placed it at #24,486 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#24,486
National first-name rank
People counted
393
393 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
38.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Mohmed
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mohmed is White at 38.2%. The next largest groups are Black (37.7%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (15.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Mohmed described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Mohmed at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White38.2% · 150
- Black or African American37.7% · 148
- Asian and Pacific Islander15.8% · 62
- Two or more races6.6% · 26
- Hispanic or Latino1.8% · 7
Popularity
Mohmed: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Mohmed from the 1990s through to the 2010s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 40 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Mohmed remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Mohmed by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Mohmed during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Mohmed
The name Mohmed has its origins in the Arabic language and culture, tracing back to the 7th century AD. It is derived from the Arabic root word "hamd," which means "to praise" or "to extol." The name is closely associated with the Islamic faith and the Prophet Muhammad, who was born in Mecca around 570 AD.
One of the earliest recorded uses of the name Mohmed can be found in the Quran, the central religious text of Islam. The name is mentioned several times throughout the scripture, often in reference to the Prophet Muhammad and his teachings. It is believed that the name Mohmed gained widespread popularity after the birth of the Prophet and the subsequent spread of Islam across the Middle East and beyond.
Throughout history, there have been numerous notable figures who bore the name Mohmed. One of the earliest and most famous was Mohmed ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer who lived in the 9th century AD (circa 780-850). He is credited with laying the foundations of algebra and introducing the concept of algorithms, which bears his name.
Another prominent figure was Mohmed al-Razi, a Persian polymath who lived in the 9th and 10th centuries AD (circa 865-925). He made significant contributions to various fields, including medicine, philosophy, and chemistry, and is regarded as one of the most influential scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.
In the 12th century, Mohmed ibn Rushd, also known as Averroes, was a renowned Andalusian philosopher and scholar (1126-1198). He is celebrated for his influential works on Aristotelian philosophy, which had a profound impact on the development of Western thought during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
During the 16th century, Mohmed Iqbal, a philosopher, poet, and politician from British India, played a pivotal role in the philosophical and political underpinnings of the Pakistan movement (1877-1938). His writings and ideas significantly influenced the formation of the independent state of Pakistan in 1947.
In more recent history, Mohmed Ali, the legendary American boxer and activist, was born in 1942 (originally named Cassius Clay). He became a global icon for his athletic prowess, outspoken advocacy for civil rights, and conversion to Islam, which led him to change his name to Mohmed Ali in 1964.
People
Mohmed + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Mohmed as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Mohmed: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mohmed?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 93 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Mohmed going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,685,531 US residents.
Is Mohmed a common name?
We classify Mohmed as "Very Rare". It ranks above 63.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 95 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Mohmed most popular?
The single biggest year for Mohmed was 1995, when 9 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Mohmed is about 24 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Mohmed in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 393 people with the name Mohmed, or 0.13 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #24,486 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Mohmed in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Mohmed?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Mohmed appears almost entirely male. Of the 396 people counted with this name, 99.2% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Mohmed?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mohmed is White at 38.2%. The next largest groups are Black (37.7%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (15.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Mohmed most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Mohmed in the 2020 Census, accounting for 38.2% (150 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Mohmed in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Mohmed a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Mohmed in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Mohmed still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Mohmed in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Mohmed can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Mohmed?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.