Muhammad — #245 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Muhammad

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,478 babies named Muhammad between 1929 and 2024, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Muhammad currently holds the #245 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,441 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Muhammad performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7,800 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Muhammad shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,707 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Muhammad in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Muhammad 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 20,478 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.