Mohammad

Where Mohammad comes from

The dictionaries list Mohammad as a given name — a male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1882
    Mohammad Mosaddegh born
    former Prime Minister of Iran
  2. 1947
    Mohammad Najibullah born
    4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan
  3. 1964
    First appearance
    #3,282 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2000
    Peak, #465
    510 babies named Mohammad — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad.
Namesakes
  • Mohammad Mosaddegh · former Prime Minister of Iran, 1882–1967
  • Mohammad Najibullah · 4th General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, 1947–1996
  • Mohammad Hasan Akhund · Prime Minister of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, born 1945
  • Mohammad Hatta · 1st vice president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1956, 1902–1980
  • Mohammad Mokhber · Acting President of Iran during 2024, born 1955

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.