The name Muhammad is of Arabic origin, and means praiseworthy.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Muhammad has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Muhammad
Use of the Name Muhammad for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,174
4,174
3,833
2,578
1,518
594
291
The table below indicates the number of times the name Muhammad has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Muhammad first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1976, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Muhammad
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1976
977
73
1977
977
77
1978
943
85
1979
840
106
1980
1981
941
91
1982
858
108
1983
827
111
1984
802
118
1985
954
92
1986
969
90
1987
906
108
1988
957
102
1989
1990
1991
1992
905
136
1993
885
145
1994
865
154
1995
780
190
1996
774
189
1997
720
217
1998
726
226
1999
702
238
2000
622
301
2001
588
339
2002
657
284
2003
649
303
2004
681
291
Totals:
4,174
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Muhammad as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Muhammad appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 25 times during the last 125 years.