Boys' name · since 1978
Mahmood
365 babies named Mahmood in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,528 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,996 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 365
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Mahmood is the #10996 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 365 recorded since 1978.
Mahmood has 365 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10996 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #9,528 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,996 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 365 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mahmood ranks #9,528 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,996 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 365 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,528 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,996 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 365
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mahmood's 365 recorded births place it above 79.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mahmood compares
365 49th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mahmood's all-time total is 1% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mahmood | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 365 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Mahmood's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mahmood splits its recorded history at 2004: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mahmood popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Mahmood by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (109 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Mahmood's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Mahmood births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 29
1980s
29 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
109 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 109 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Mahmood's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (109 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mahmood: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mahmood draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.