Mahmud — #7364 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Mahmud

The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Mahmud between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mahmud currently holds the #7364 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mahmud performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mahmud shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mahmud in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mahmud in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 239 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.