Muhammad or Theo

Theo is the more popular boy name in Canada, #17 to #26 in 2024. Muhammad is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #1 to #12 in 2025. Theo is the more popular boy name in the USA, #80 to #245 in 2024. The two countries disagree on which is ahead.

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 Muhammad against Theo, in that place's most recent complete year.MuhammadTheo#1#250#500#750#1000Canada#26 → #17 ↑9England and Wales#1 → #12 ↓11USA#245 → #80 ↑165Alberta#24 → #47 ↓23British Columbia#102 → #26 ↑76Ontario#9 → #33 ↓24Quebec#549 → #10 ↑539
PlaceYear Muhammad Theo Ahead
Canada2024#26#17Theo
England and Wales2025#1#12Muhammad
USA2024#245#80Theo
Alberta2024#24#47Muhammad
British Columbia2024#102#26Theo
Ontario2024#9#33Muhammad
Quebec2024#549#10Theo

Muhammad and Theo in Canada, 2020–2024

Muhammad climbed from #49 in 2020 to #26 in 2024 in Canada. Theo climbed from #30 in 2020 to #17 in 2024 in Canada.

Muhammad and Theo ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#17 Theo#26 Muhammad20202021202220232024

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Muhammad and Theo in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Muhammad climbed from #5 in 2020 to #1 in 2025 in England and Wales. Theo climbed from #17 in 2020 to #12 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Muhammad and Theo ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#20#1 Muhammad#12 Theo202020212022202320242025

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Muhammad and Theo in the USA, 2020–2024

Muhammad climbed from #309 in 2020 to #245 in 2024 in the USA. Theo climbed from #172 in 2020 to #80 in 2024 in the USA.

Muhammad and Theo ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#250#500#80 Theo#245 Muhammad20202021202220232024

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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.