Mohammed or Muhammad

Muhammad is the more popular boy name in Canada, #26 to #176 in 2024. Muhammad is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #1 to #20 in 2025. Muhammad is the more popular boy name in the USA, #245 to #596 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Mohammed against Muhammad, in that place's most recent complete year.MohammedMuhammad#1#250#500#750#1000Canada#176 → #26 ↑150England and Wales#20 → #1 ↑19USA#596 → #245 ↑351Alberta#117 → #24 ↑93British Columbia#342 → #102 ↑240Ontario#109 → #9 ↑100Quebec#547 → #549 ↓2
PlaceYear Mohammed Muhammad Ahead
Canada2024#176#26Muhammad
England and Wales2025#20#1Muhammad
USA2024#596#245Muhammad
Alberta2024#117#24Muhammad
British Columbia2024#342#102Muhammad
Ontario2024#109#9Muhammad
Quebec2024#547#549Mohammed

Mohammed and Muhammad in Canada, 2020–2024

Mohammed climbed from #232 in 2020 to #176 in 2024 in Canada. Muhammad climbed from #49 in 2020 to #26 in 2024 in Canada.

Mohammed and Muhammad ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#26 Muhammad#176 Mohammed20202021202220232024

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Mohammed and Muhammad in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Mohammed climbed from #32 in 2020 to #20 in 2025 in England and Wales. Muhammad climbed from #5 in 2020 to #1 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Mohammed and Muhammad ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#1 Muhammad#20 Mohammed202020212022202320242025

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Mohammed and Muhammad in the USA, 2020–2024

Mohammed climbed from #642 in 2020 to #596 in 2024 in the USA. Muhammad climbed from #309 in 2020 to #245 in 2024 in the USA.

Mohammed and Muhammad ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#500#1000#245 Muhammad#596 Mohammed20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.