Muhammad is one of the most popular baby names in the UK, ranked #1 in 2025. With 5,957 babies given this name, there's a genuine chance your child will share their class with another Muhammad — and in a school of 600, expect to find around ~3.1 others.
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UK Rank 2025
#1
US Rank #239
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About the Name Muhammad
Muhammad has held its ground, ranked #1 in 2025 and never far from its best of #1 in 2023 — a name with lasting rather than trend-driven appeal. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It has spent 29 of the last 30 years inside the UK top 100 — a mark of enduring mainstream appeal.
Muhammad is one of the most popular names in the UK — yet even so, another Muhammad turns up in only about 1 class in 3.
In the US it sits at #245 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
⭐ Famous People Named Muhammad
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet — Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet is a biography of Muhammad by the British religion writer and lecturer Karen Armstrong, published by Gollancz in 1991.
Muhammad bin Nayef — Muhammad bin Nayef Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن نايف آل سعود, romanized: Muḥammad bin Nāyif Āl Su‘ūd; born 30 August 1959), colloquially known by his initials MBN or MbN, is a Saudi Arabian former politician and businessman who served as the crown prince and…
Muhammad — Muhammad (c. 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, military and political leader, as well as the founder of Islam.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Muhammad
There's around a 1-in-5 chance your child will share their class with another Muhammad. With 5,957 UK babies named Muhammad each year, it's a genuinely popular name — and in a school of 600, expect around ~3.1 others with the same name.
Muhammad has been fairly steady, ranked #1 in 2025 against #5 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #1 in 2023.
Muhammad is more popular in the UK (#1) than in the US (#245). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Muhammad include: Muhammad bin Nayef, Muhammad al-Bukhari and Muhammad Ali. Short summaries for each appear below.
Muhammad appears in the US top 500 at #245 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
5,957
UK babies named Muhammad (2025)
~0.1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~3.1
In a school of 600
↑ 4 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Muhammad
Around 1 class in 3 has another Muhammad
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Muhammad
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet is a biography of Muhammad by the British religion writer and lecturer Karen Armstrong, published by Gollancz in 1991.
Muhammad bin Nayef Al Saud (Arabic: محمد بن نايف آل سعود, romanized: Muḥammad bin Nāyif Āl Su‘ūd; born 30 August 1959), colloquially known by his initials MBN or MbN, is a Saudi Arabian former politician and businessman who served as the crown prince and first deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2017 and as the minister of interior from 2012 to 2017.
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبرهيم الجعفي البخاري; 21 July 810 – 1 September 870) was a 9th-century Muslim muhaddith who is widely regarded as the most important hadith scholar in the history of Sunni Islam.