Muhamad
Meaning "praiseworthy" or "praised one" of Arabic origin.
Name Census estimates that about 302 living Americans carry the first name Muhamad. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Muhamad today is around 16 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Muhamad births was 2014 (21 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Muhamad. 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.
People living today
302
~ 1 in 1,134,948 Americans
Peak year
2014
21 babies that year
Average age
16
years old
2024 SSA rank
#7,093
Tracked since 1986
Popularity
Muhamad: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Muhamad from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 108 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Muhamad remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Muhamad 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 Muhamad 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 Muhamad
The given name Muhamad has its origins in the Arabic language and is derived from the root word "???a-ma-da" which means "to praise" or "to glorify". It is a variant spelling of the name Muhammad, which is the primary Arabic form.
The name Muhamad is closely associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who was born in Mecca in the Arabian Peninsula around 570 CE. He is revered as the last prophet of Islam and the founder of the Islamic faith. The name Muhamad itself means "the praised one" or "the praiseworthy".
One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name Muhamad can be found in the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam. It is frequently referenced throughout the Qur'an as the name of the Prophet Muhammad.
In addition to the Prophet Muhammad, there have been several other notable individuals throughout history who bore the name Muhamad. These include Muhamad II, also known as Mehmed the Conqueror (1432-1481), the Ottoman Sultan who conquered Constantinople in 1453. Another famous bearer of the name was Muhamad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780-850), a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of algebra.
Other historical figures with the name Muhamad include Muhamad al-Idrisi (1099-1166), an Arab geographer and cartographer who worked in the court of King Roger II of Sicily, and Muhamad ibn Battuta (1304-1369), a Moroccan scholar and explorer who traveled extensively across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Muhamad Iqbal (1877-1938) was a renowned philosopher, poet, and politician from British India, who is widely regarded as the spiritual father of Pakistan. He was a strong advocate for the creation of a separate Muslim state and his poetry played a significant role in the Pakistan movement.
People
Muhamad + last name combinations
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Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Muhamad: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Muhamad?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 302 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Muhamad 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 1,134,948 US residents.
Is Muhamad a common name?
We classify Muhamad as "Very Rare". It ranks above 79.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 306 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Muhamad most popular?
The single biggest year for Muhamad was 2014, when 21 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Muhamad is about 16 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Muhamad a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Muhamad 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.
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.