Mahmud

maleStatistical record

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

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

Mahmud: Recorded since 1998, it reached #596 in 2006, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#596highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2074
1999	#2097
2001	#3134
2003	#1513
2004	#3009
2005	#2418
2006	#4052
2008	#2276
2009	#3744
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2012	#3416
2013	#3822
2015	#3908
2017	#3040
2019	#2266
2020	#3848
2021	#3990
2022	#4001
2023	#2546
2024	#4270

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 England and Wales in 21 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2006: #596 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4052 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2074 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Mahmud by decade in England and Wales · 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 Mahmud in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	38	7 of 10	5
2010s	36	7 of 10	5
2020s	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mahmud 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 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Mahmud'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #596, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 8 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Albin · #596, 17y
Bright · #596, 19y
Cale · #596, 21y
Jericho · #596, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alberto · #596, 28y
Albin · #596, 17y
Anand · #596, 29y
Cale · #596, 21y

Mahmud was ranked #596 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. 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.

Mahmud 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 Mahmud without appearing here.

Mahmud moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Malin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4052 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #4432.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Mahmud

Henrik Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1494.
Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2276 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3744 and #1568.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2418 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2087.
Filip Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1513 and #1771 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #1160.

Moved the opposite way to Mahmud

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmud went from #2074 to #4270 while Albie went from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmud went from #2074 to #4270 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmud went from #2074 to #4270 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmud went from #2074 to #4270 while Archie went from #120 to #10.

Moved the same way as Mahmud

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmud went from #2074 to #4270 and Aaron from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmud went from #2074 to #4270 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmud went from #2074 to #4270 and Alan from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Mahmud went from #2074 to #4270 and Alex from #46 to #171.

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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 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Mahmud by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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