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Boy's nameOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: steady

MuhammadIn Hebrew: מוחמד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: מוּחַמַּדRomanization: mukhámad

Muhammad (Hebrew: מוחמד) is a boy's name of Arabic origin. 130,529 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 2,257 boys and ranked #1. Its peak year was 2001, with 3,238 babies.

People in Israel
130,529
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
2,257
rank #1
Peak year
2001
3,238 babies
USA, 2025
1,473
rank #239

Writing and saying Muhammad

In Hebrew letters the name is מוחמד, read right to left. Muhammad is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "mukhámad" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Muhammad (the figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís)
  • a transliteration of the Arabic male given name and surname مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), equivalent to Muhammad
Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Related to Hebrew מַחְמָד (makhmád, “something pleasant, nice”).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Muhammad by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Muhammad: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Muhammad in English-speaking countries

Muhammad in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,473#2392025 (1,473)
United Kingdom20256,271#12025 (6,271)
England and Wales20255,957#12025 (5,957)
Scotland2025291#42024 (293)
Northern Ireland202523#1032025 (23)
Ireland2025139#372025 (139)
British Columbia202338#912023 (38)
Alberta2025132#92025 (132)
Quebec202513#3542016 (22)
New South Wales2025223#212025 (223)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Muhammad has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Muhammad

How do you write Muhammad in Hebrew?

Muhammad is written מוחמד in Hebrew (with vowel points: מוּחַמַּד). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "mukhámad".

How many people in Israel are named Muhammad?

130,529 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מוחמד: 24 women and 130,505 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Muhammad a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named מוחמד are men.

What does the name Muhammad mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Muhammad (the figure who introduced Islam, and the man to whom the Qur'an was revealed; considered a prophet by Muslims and Baháʼís)" Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Related to Hebrew מַחְמָד (makhmád, “something pleasant, nice”).

Is Muhammad used outside Israel?

The name Muhammad appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,473 boys were given it in 2025 (#239), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 6,271 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.