Muhammad

Meaning and origin of Muhammad

Popularity of Muhammad in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Muhammad has been rising (+10.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Muhammad every 14 schools, all spellings combined.

Muhammad in English-speaking countries

Muhammad ranks 1^st in England and Wales, 4^th in Scotland and 12^th in Ontario (Canada), against 275^th in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  1^st boys’ name16,339 babies in 3 years1 boy in 51+10.6% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  4^th boys’ name809 babies in 3 years1 boy in 74+18.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  12^th boys’ name1,250 babies in 3 years1 boy in 136+7.4% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  43^rd boys’ name364 babies in 3 years1 boy in 197+8.8% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  102^nd boys’ name136 babies in 3 years1 boy in 362+4% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  139^th boys’ name88 babies in 3 years1 boy in 506+14.4% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  150^th boys’ name45 babies in 3 years1 boy in 566

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  250^th boys’ name4,159 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,236+7.4% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Muhamad15

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Muhammad

• Mouhamed
• Mohammed
• Mamadou
• Mohammad
• Yusuf
• Elyas
• Yacine
• Youssouf
• Moustapha
• Iyad
• Abdallah
• Muhammed

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin