How popular is the baby name Muhammad in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Muhammad.

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Popularity of the baby name Muhammad


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Popular baby names in Peterborough (England), 2024

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Last year, the English city of Peterborough (located 75 miles north of London) welcomed about 3,615 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Mohammad, according to provisional data released in late December, 2024, by the Peterborough City Council’s Register Office.

Here are Peterborough’s projected top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girl names

  1. Sofia
  2. Amelia
  3. Ivy
  4. Olivia
  5. Lily
  6. Ava
  7. Freya
  8. Mia
  9. Daisy
  10. Isla

Boy names

  1. Mohammad
  2. Noah
  3. George
  4. Leo
  5. Theodore
  6. Arthur
  7. Charlie
  8. Henry
  9. Elijah
  10. Oliver

I’ve never posted rankings for Peterborough before, but research reveals that the city’s top names of 2018 were Olivia and Mohammad. In fact, “Mohammad” (which includes Mohammed, Muhammad, and all other spellings) had been the #1 boy name “[f]or the 11th year in a row” at that point.

Here are the most recent rankings for England and Wales (2023), as well as a recent-ish sent set of rankings for the English county of Oxfordshire (located 60 miles north-west of London).

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Image: Adapted from Flag of the United Kingdom (public domain)

Popular baby names in Israel, 2024

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In 2024, the Middle Eastern country of Israel welcomed around 181,000 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Avigail and Mohammad, according to data released on the last day of the year by Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority.

Here are Israel’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2024:

Girls names

  1. Avigail, 1,156 baby girls
  2. Miriam/Mariam, 1,015
  3. Tamar, 841
  4. Sarah, 752
  5. Yael, 725
  6. Liya, 713
  7. Ayala, 712
  8. Libi, 685
  9. Ela, 640 (tie)
  10. No’a, 640 (tie)

Boy names

  1. Mohammad/Muhammad, 1,740 baby boys
  2. Yosef/Yousef, 1,201
  3. Adam, 1,196
  4. David, 1,062
  5. Ariel, 1,045
  6. Lavi, 967
  7. Omer, 870
  8. Rafa’el, 847
  9. Uri/Ori, 789
  10. Daniel, 764

The population of Israel is roughly 73% Jewish and 21% Arabic (as well as 6% “other”). The Arabic population includes Muslims, Christians, and Druzes.

Previous sets of Israeli baby name rankings included the top names within each of four groups — Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Druze — but the 2024 news release only included rankings for the Jewish community. (The top names among Jews in Israel last year were Avigail and Ariel.)

That said, one source did mention that the usage of Muhammed has been on the decline: “One in eight Muslim boys in Israel bears the name of the founder of Islam, down from one in six two decades ago.”

I haven’t posted about Israel’s top baby names within the last few years, but here are Israel’s 2020 rankings.

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Image: Adapted from Flag of Israel (public domain)

Popular baby names in Australia, 2023

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In 2023, the country of Australia welcomed 286,998 babies: 139,576 girls and 147,422 boys.

What were the most popular names among Australia’s newborns that year?

We don’t know for sure, because Australia doesn’t release baby name rankings that cover the entire country. But we can look at eight sets of regional Australian rankings — representing Australia’s six states and two most populous territories — and make a guess about the country’s top names overall.

Here are the rankings, ordered by total number of births per region (highest to lowest):

New South Wales

In 2023, New South Wales welcomed 90,000 (31.4%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (NSW, 2023)Top boy names (NSW, 2023)
1. Isla, 403
2. Amelia, 399
3. Olivia, 381
4. Mia, 347
5. Charlotte, 338
6. Ava, 284
7. Lily, 279
8. Evelyn, 267 (tie)
9. Sophia, 267 (tie)
10. Matilda, 261		1. Oliver, 555
2. Noah, 537
3. Leo, 409
4. Henry, 404
5. Theodore, 400
6. Luca, 398
7. Hudson, 385
8. William, 371
9. Lucas, 322
10. Charlie, 308

Victoria

In 2023, Victoria welcomed 72,906 (25.4%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Victoria, 2023)Top boy names (Victoria, 2023)
1. Amelia, 333
2. Charlotte, 319
3. Olivia, 306
4. Mia, 289
5. Isla, 280
6. Hazel, 266
7. Matilda, 256
8. Ava, 254 (tie)
9. Grace, 254 (tie)
10. Ella, 234		1. Oliver, 514
2. Noah, 461
3. Henry, 374
4. Leo, 357
5. Charlie, 337
6. Luca, 302
7. Jack, 295
8. Archie, 285
9. Hudson, 273
10. Thomas, 270

Queensland

In 2023, Queensland welcomed 58,549 (20.4%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Queensland, 2023)Top boy names (Queensland, 2023)
1. Isla, 285
2. Charlotte, 279
3. Amelia, 271
4. Harper, 235
5. Olivia, 232
6. Matilda, 207
7. Ivy, 205
8. Mia, 203
9. Willow, 199
10. Ava, 196		1. Oliver, 451
2. Noah, 385
3. Henry, 341
4. Theodore, 328
5. Hudson, 322
6. William, 269
7. Leo, 262
8. Luca, 259
9. Charlie, 246
10. Jack, 244

Western Australia

In 2023, Western Australia welcomed 32,027 (11.2%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (WA, 2023)Top boy names (WA, 2023)
1. Isla, 169
2. Olivia, 152
3. Mia, 145
4. Charlotte, 139
5. Amelia, 136
6. Lily, 127
7. Harper, 110
8. Ava, 105 (tie)
9. Matilda, 105 (tie)
10. Ella, 103		1. Oliver, 231
2. Noah, 210
3. Leo, 156
4. Henry, 143
5. Jack, 142
6. Theodore, 135
7. Hudson, 130
8. Levi, 124
9. William, 123
10. Luca/Thomas, 122 each (tie)

South Australia

In 2023, South Australia welcomed 18,556 (6.5%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (SA, 2023)Top boy names (SA, 2023)
1. Isla, 112
2. Charlotte, 104
3. Olivia, 86
4. Ava, 77
5. Ivy, 73
6. Amelia, 67 (3-way tie)
7. Grace, 67 (3-way tie)
8. Hazel, 67 (3-way tie)
9. Harper, 64 (tie)
10. Mia, 64 (tie)		1. Oliver, 155
2. Henry, 112
3. Leo, 109
4. Noah, 92
5. Theodore, 87
6. Luca, 85
7. Elijah, 84
8. Charlie, 81
9. William, 76
10. Archie/Jack, 73 each (tie)

Australian Capital Territory

In 2023, the ACT (Canberra) welcomed 6,102 (2.1%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (ACT, 2023)Top boy names (ACT, 2023)
1. Amelia (tie)
2. Charlotte (tie)
3. Ava
4. Chloe
5. Evelyn
6. Eleanor (2-way tie)
7. Violet (2-way tie)
8. Isla (2-way tie)
9. Olivia (2-way tie)
10. Harper/Mia (tie)		1. Henry
2. Oliver
3. Theodore (tie)
4. William (tie)
5. Alexander
6. Oscar
7. Jack (tie)
8. Noah (tie)
9. Thomas
10. Charlie/Hudson/Muhammad (3-way tie)

Tasmania

In 2023, Tasmania welcomed 5,567 (1.9%) of Australia’s babies.

Top girl names (Tasmania, 2023)Top boy names (Tasmania, 2023)
1. Hazel
2. Elsie
3. Charlotte
4. Willow
5. Ruby
6. Ivy
7. Daisy
8. Evelyn
9. Matilda
10. Evie		1. Oliver
2. Charlie
3. Theodore
4. Noah
5. Arlo
6. Henry
7. Leo
8. Archie
9. George
10. Lucas

Northern Territory

In 2023, Northern Territory welcomed 3,282 (1.1%) of Australia’s babies.

[Unfortunately, NT’s 2023 rankings haven’t been released yet. As soon as they are, though, I’ll add them to the post!]

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Australia overall

Using the data above, let’s make a guess about Australia’s top baby names overall.

Here’s what I came up with:

Possible top girl names (Australia, 2023)Possible top boy names (Australia, 2023)
1. Isla
2. Amelia
3. Charlotte
4. Olivia
5. Mia		1. Oliver
2. Noah
3. Henry
4. Leo
5. Theodore

What are your thoughts on these? (Which names would you have put at the top?)

P.S. I guessed that Charlotte and Oliver were the #1 names in the country in 2022…

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Image: Adapted from Flag of Australia (public domain)
Map: Adapted from Australia location map by NordNordWest under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Popular baby names in New York City, 2023

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Last year, New York City welcomed 98,389 babies.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Emma (for the seventh year in a row) and Liam (for the eighth year in a row), according to the New York City Health Department.

Here are NYC’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2023:

Girl names

  1. Emma, 382 baby girls
  2. Mia
  3. Sophia
  4. Olivia
  5. Isabella
  6. Amelia
  7. Leah (ranked 53rd for girls nationally in 2023)
  8. Chloe (26th)
  9. Luna
  10. Sofia (12th)

Boy names

  1. Liam, 743 baby boys
  2. Noah
  3. David (ranked 27th for boys nationally in 2023)
  4. Lucas
  5. Jacob (36th)
  6. Ethan (25th)
  7. Joseph (29th)
  8. Dylan (34th)
  9. Michael [tie] (16th)
  10. Muhammad [tie] (272nd)

In the girls’ top 10, Chloe and Sofia replaced Ava and Esther.

In the boys’ top 10, Dylan, Michael, and Muhammad replaced Aiden, Daniel, and Alexander.

Both Dylan and Muhammad — which was the #1 boy name in England and Wales last year — are new to NYC’s top 10. Michael, on the other hand, was a “favorite among New Yorkers from 1980 to 2006.”

The Health Department’s news release also mentioned dozens of other Big Apple baby names, including…

Girl namesBoy names
Esther (ranked 12th), Miriam (15th), Aurora (41st), Violet (45th), Rose (52nd), Eleanor (56th), Gemma (78th), Athena (79th), Savannah (85th), Iris (87th), Daisy (93rd), Sage (100th)Alexander (ranked 17th), Zion (62nd), Leonardo (65th), Milan (70th), Adonis (76th), Amari (78th)

Finally, here’s a link to New York City’s 2022 rankings, if you’d like to check them out.

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Image: Adapted from Flag of New York (public domain)