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Mahmood

#11,493 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Mahmud

Mahmood has been given to 365 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #11,493 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Mahmood, 2025

1 in 553,000

Mahmood over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mahmood: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Mahmud

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mahmood means

Mahmood is a alternate transcription of Mahmud.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Mahmood is used in Arabic and Urdu.

Another recorded pronunciation is /maħ.ˈmuːd/ for Mahmood.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Mahmood → Mahmud. The family’s meaning is “praised, laudable”, recorded in English with the source elements maḥmūd.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mahmud.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 365 boys were recorded with the name Mahmood between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1997; its best national rank was #4,166 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,317 in 2020 to #11,493 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,451 in 2015 to #11,493 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mahmood?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,493
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mahmood sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mahmood. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mahmoods were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mahmood was born before 2003 — so the typical Mahmood is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
29.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
365
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 29.9% of all recorded uses (109).

Is Mahmood rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,176
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,042
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
37.5%
Peak was 1997 (16)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,166
1997

Spellings of Mahmood

Mahmood is not the most common spelling — Mahmoud is, with 88.2% against Mahmood's 11.8%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Mahmood around the world

Where Mahmood ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2022
    #2,335
    in 2022

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Mahmood by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,493
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,176
Best rank ever
#4,166
1997
Peak year
1997
16 that year
First recorded
1978
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
365
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Mahmood

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

MahamedMahariMahkaiMahmudMahamadouMahziMahadevDawoodMahmoudMahlikMahadMaheshMahkiMaheerHarwoodMahonriMahkariMahamudMaherHeywoodMahanMahirMahidKenwood

Sibling names for Mahmood

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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