Mahmoud

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mahmoud: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mahmoud: Recorded since 1953, it reached #251 in 1985, and it stood at #434 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
100times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#251highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#1761
1998	#1055
1999	#1281
2000	#1241
2001	#1202
2002	#1411
2003	#1513
2004	#1160
2005	#1135
2006	#1401
2007	#1578
2008	#1294
2009	#1302
2010	#1483
2011	#1600
2012	#1756
2013	#1183
2014	#1421
2015	#1442
2016	#1431
2017	#1178
2018	#1455
2019	#1506
2020	#1192
2021	#1329
2022	#1534
2023	#1461
2024	#1162

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 68 of the 73 years from 1953 to 2025.

In 2025: #434 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1953–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1953
First recorded at #370 among boys in Norway in 1953 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1953–2025
Highest recorded position: #251 among boys in Norway, in 1985 (recorded 1953–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #434 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Mahmoud appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 68 years beginning in 1953, and has registered 704 births with the name.

Mahmoud across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mahmoud's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#370 (1953)	#251 (1985)	#434 (2025)	68 of 73	704 (1953–2025)	23 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#1040 (1996)	#1040 (1996)	#1162 (2024)	29 of 29	452 (1996–2024)	24 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#611 (2010)	#611 (2010)	#829 (2025)	3 of 16	10 (2010–2025)	4 (2010)

Mahmoud by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mahmoud in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	29	5 of 10	6
1960s	65	8 of 10	8
1970s	97	10 of 10	10
1980sbusiest	154	10 of 10	15
1990s	147	10 of 10	15
2000s	87	9 of 10	10
2010s	90	10 of 10	9
2020s	35	6 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mahmoud appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #251 in Norway in 1985.

Mahmoud's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1162	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1192	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1178	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1442	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1294	18	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#434	6	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#428	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#417	7	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#423	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#477	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#406	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#466	5	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#455	6	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#383	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#435	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#395	9	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#391	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#461	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#323	13	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#296	14	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#437	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#393	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#456	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#339	11	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#325	11	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#367	10	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#315	12	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#329	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#273	17	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#304	14	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#257	18	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#262	19	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#279	18	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#293	16	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#371	11	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#420	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#275	18	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#399	11	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#266	19	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#333	14	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#251	23	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#307	16	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#255	21	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#395	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#441	9	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#364	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#294	16	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#320	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#401	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#457	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#400	10	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#624	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#415	9	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#350	12	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#450	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#499	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#478	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#324	12	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#432	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#385	9	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#343	10	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#426	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#458	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#330	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#394	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#321	9	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#405	5	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#430	4	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#370	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1953 and 2025, ranked in 69 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #251, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 57 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mahlia · #3218, 10y
Mahmood · #1253, 28y
Mahmud · #596, 21y
Mahnoor · #383, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hamid · #240, 65y
Khaled · #268, 64y
Mario · #229, 71y
Samira · #228, 64y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Esben · #251, 47y
Miguel · #252, 58y
Fadumo · #248, 57y
Abdi · #247, 60y

Mahmoud was ranked #251 in Norway · Boys in 1985. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mahmoud and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mahmoud without appearing here.

Mahmoud moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1281 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1241 and #2501.
Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1135 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1401 and #2538.
Grant Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1756 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1183 and #2055.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #2160.

Moved ahead of Mahmoud

Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1401 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1578 and #926.
Magnus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1040 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1761 and #1113.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1329 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1534 and #967.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #848.

Moved the opposite way to Mahmoud

Noel Compare
Between 1994 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mahmoud went from #262 to #434 while Noel went from #601 to #139.
Jonah Compare
Between 1996 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Mahmoud went from #304 to #434 while Jonah went from #524 to #253.

Moved the same way as Mahmoud

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmoud went from #1040 to #1461 and Garry from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmoud went from #1040 to #1461 and Graeme from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmoud went from #1040 to #1461 and Nicola from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmoud went from #1040 to #1534 and Brent from #898 to #3449.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1953 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #251 in Norway in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mahmoud

Mahmoud at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mahmoud across 3 official records

Mahmoud by decade in Norway · Boys

Mahmoud appears in

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Mahmoud at a glance

Mahmoud across 3 official records

Mahmoud by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Mahmoud

Mahmoud and the names beside it

Mahmoud moved ahead of

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