Mohamud — boys' name
251 babies named Mohamud in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Mohamud was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Mohamud in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mohamud
The Social Security Administration has registered 251 babies named Mohamud between 1999 and 2023, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mohamud currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mohamud performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mohamud shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mohamud in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mohamud 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 251 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.
Mohamud at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mohamud popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1999
- Peak year (2013)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
251 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 17 births in a single year.
Mohamud by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 124 births that decade — 49% of Mohamud's all-time total
Mohamud decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 84 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mohamud's strongest decade
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Mohamud by state
Where Mohamud concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 37 | 14.7% |
37 of 251 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 14.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 14.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.