Thirty years of Mohammad
Mohammad in numbers
Mohammad has held steady for thirty years: never fewer than 567 boys a year and never more than 1,125. Its biggest three-year fall came between 2014 and 2017, from 1,116 to 837. It ranked 97th in 1996, reached 53rd in 2024 and ranks 55th now. On average it was given to 647 boys a year in the late 1990s, 938 in the 2000s, 981 in the 2010s and 838 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Muhammad (5,957), Mohammed (1,712), Muhammed (385), Mohamed (240), Mohamad (43). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Mohammad.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-9%986 to 895
- 5 years+19%751 to 895
- 10 years-8%976 to 895
- 20 years-10%990 to 895
- Since 1996+58%567 to 895
- Total, 1996 to 202526,805boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 55 · ONS · 986 in 2024
Rank 140 · NRS · 33 in 2024
Rank 344 · NISRA
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | 895 | -9% | 1 in 336 |
| 2024 | 53 | 986 | +18% | 1 in 309 |
| 2023 | 68 | 835 | -1% | 1 in 363 |
| 2022 | 67 | 844 | +17% | 1 in 368 |
| 2021 | =83 | 719 | -4% | 1 in 445 |
| 2020 | =74 | 751 | -7% | 1 in 419 |
| 2019 | 73 | 807 | -8% | 1 in 408 |
| 2018 | 71 | 880 | +5% | 1 in 384 |
| 2017 | 79 | 837 | -12% | 1 in 416 |
| 2016 * | 68 | 948 | -3% | 1 in 376 |
| 2015 | 68 | 976 | -13% | 1 in 367 |
| 2014 | 56 | 1,116 | +5% | 1 in 320 |
| 2013 | 57 | 1,059 | -6% | 1 in 338 |
| 2012 | 60 | 1,125 | +8% | 1 in 333 |
| 2011 | 63 | 1,037 | +2% | 1 in 358 |
| 2010 | 67 | 1,020 | -5% | 1 in 364 |
| 2009 | =62 | 1,073 | -3% | 1 in 337 |
| 2008 | 65 | 1,106 | +8% | 1 in 328 |
| 2007 | 71 | 1,026 | -1% | 1 in 345 |
| 2006 | 70 | 1,033 | +4% | 1 in 331 |
| 2005 | 68 | 990 | +9% | 1 in 334 |
| 2004 | 69 | 906 | +7% | 1 in 362 |
| 2003 | 70 | 845 | -6% | 1 in 377 |
| 2002 | 65 | 900 | +13% | 1 in 340 |
| 2001 | 73 | 797 | +13% | 1 in 382 |
| 2000 | =76 | 706 | +3% | 1 in 439 |
| 1999 | 80 | 687 | +2% | 1 in 465 |
| 1998 | 83 | 676 | +3% | 1 in 482 |
| 1997 | 86 | 658 | +16% | 1 in 501 |
| 1996 | 97 | 567 | 1 in 588 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate