Muhammed

maleStatistical record

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

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

Muhammed: Recorded since 1974, it reached #108 in 2013, and it stood at #129 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
92times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#108highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#196
1997	#192
1998	#164
1999	#171
2000	#144
2001	#146
2002	#132
2003	#139
2004	#143
2005	#134
2006	#129
2007	#117
2008	#114
2009	#113
2010	#119
2011	#113
2012	#121
2013	#108
2014	#111
2015	#121
2016	#118
2017	#133
2018	#147
2019	#148
2020	#138
2021	#156
2022	#138
2023	#134
2024	#130
2025	#129

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 46 of the 52 years from 1974 to 2025.

In 2025: #129 among boys in England and Wales, #323 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1974–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #626 among boys in Norway in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #108 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #129 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Muhammed appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 46 years beginning in 1974, and has registered 464 births with the name.

Muhammed 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.

Muhammed'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	#626 (1974)	#233 (2013)	#323 (2025)	46 of 52	464 (1974–2025)	22 (2013)
England and Wales · Boys	#196 (1996)	#108 (2013)	#129 (2025)	30 of 30	11,912 (1996–2025)	568 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#347 (2000)	#347 (2000)	#785 (2024)	14 of 25	62 (2000–2024)	9 (2008)

Muhammed 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 Muhammed in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	16	3 of 10	5
1980s	47	8 of 10	6
1990s	72	9 of 10	8
2000s	96	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	162	10 of 10	16
2020s	71	6 of 10	12

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Muhammed 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 5 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #108 in England and Wales in 2013.

Muhammed'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#129	385	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#130	424	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#134	406	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#138	398	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#156	354	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#138	403	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#148	379	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#147	382	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#133	450	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#118	534	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#121	532	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#111	548	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#108	561	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#121	533	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#113	568	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#119	525	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#113	515	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#114	501	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#117	478	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#129	413	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#134	382	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#143	329	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#139	322	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#132	328	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#146	268	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#144	256	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#171	198	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#164	206	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#192	169	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#196	165	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#323	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#346	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#282	15	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#334	10	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#309	11	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#265	14	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#299	14	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#333	11	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#286	16	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#247	21	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#268	18	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#233	22	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#292	15	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#346	11	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#246	20	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#331	13	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#310	14	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#332	12	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#408	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#268	15	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#359	9	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#415	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#520	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#362	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#408	8	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#345	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#421	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#602	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#429	8	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#384	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#457	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#583	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#504	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#479	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#584	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#630	4	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#511	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#635	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#478	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#651	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#586	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#626	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#386	9	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#330	11	High	Verified

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

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

Where Muhammed is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Muhammed, between 1974 and 2025, in 46 of those 52 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1974–2025	46	#233 in 2013
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#108 in 2013
Republic of Ireland	2000–2024	14	#347 in 2000
Northern Ireland	2019	1	#418 in 2019
Scotland	2024	1	#330 in 2024

Its high point came 24 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (2000) than in Scotland (2024).

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1974 and 2025, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #108, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 568 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 50 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.

Muhammad-Yusuf · #1860, 16y
Muhammad-Zakariya · #2728, 10y
Muhib · #2721, 14y
Muhmmad · #2189, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Dominik · #103, 51y
Lana · #114, 43y
Guy · #95, 44y
Sasha · #95, 42y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Liva · #107, 36y
Wilma · #109, 29y
Kerri · #104, 39y
Lilja · #104, 31y

Muhammed was ranked #108 in England and Wales · Boys in 2013. 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.

Kayden#104
Joel#105
Jackson#106
John#107
Dominic#109
Kaiden#110
Jasper#111
Billy#112

Muhammed 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Muhammed without appearing here.

Muhammed moved ahead of

Stig
In 2004 they stood at #359 and #341 in Norway · Boys; by 2005 that had become #268 and #559.
Tore
In 2011 they stood at #346 and #319 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #292 and #527.
Steinar
In 2009 they stood at #331 and #282 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #246 and #458.
Kåre
In 2003 they stood at #425 and #421 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #359 and #565.

Moved ahead of Muhammed

Jackson
In 2009 they stood at #429 and #701 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #322.
Markus
In 2009 they stood at #429 and #532 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #354.
Bruce
In 2012 they stood at #548 and #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #711 and #383.
Jonas
In 2009 they stood at #429 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #720 and #448.

Moved the opposite way to Muhammed

Anders
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Muhammed went from #626 to #323 while Anders went from #19 to #293.
Andreas
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Muhammed went from #626 to #323 while Andreas went from #54 to #96.
Arild
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Muhammed went from #626 to #323 while Arild went from #51 to #489.
Arne
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Muhammed went from #626 to #323 while Arne went from #42 to #222.

Moved the same way as Muhammed

Adam
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Muhammed went from #626 to #323 and Adam from #141 to #29.
Adrian
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Muhammed went from #626 to #323 and Adrian from #280 to #70.
Aksel
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Muhammed went from #626 to #323 and Aksel from #262 to #25.
Alfred
Between 1974 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Muhammed went from #626 to #323 and Alfred from #395 to #26.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1974 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #108 in England and Wales in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Muhammed

Muhammed at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Muhammed across 3 official records

Muhammed by decade in Norway · Boys

Muhammed appears in

Popularity data

Where Muhammed is officially recorded

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Muhammed and the names beside it

Muhammed moved ahead of

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Muhammed at a glance

Muhammed across 3 official records

Muhammed by decade in Norway · Boys

Muhammed appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Muhammed

Muhammed and the names beside it

Muhammed moved ahead of

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