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Mahmoud

#2,220 in 2025Boys' name

To praise, through مَحْمُود

Mahmoud has been given to 2,739 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #2,220 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 91 recorded.

Babies named Mahmoud, 2025

1 in 51,800

Mahmoud over time, 1880–2025

Boys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mahmoud: meaning, origin, and history

To praise, through مَحْمُود

Arabic

What Mahmoud means

Mahmoud belongs to the name family reached through Mahmoud → مَحْمُود. Its meaning is “to praise”.

Origin, language, and formation

Mahmoud is used in French. Its origins include Arabic.

Mahmoud comes through Arabic مَحْمُود.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include مَحْمُود.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Mahmoud is pronounced /ma.mud/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,739 boys were recorded with the name Mahmoud between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 91 in 2018; its best national rank was #1,298 in 1995.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,428 in 2020 to #2,220 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,010 in 2015 to #2,220 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 Mahmoud?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 51,800
64 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 26,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,220
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
35,906 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mahmoud 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 35,906 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mahmoud. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mahmouds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mahmoud was born before 2004 — so the typical Mahmoud is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
25.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,739
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 25.3% of all recorded uses (692).

Is Mahmoud 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
+80
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+208
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−210
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.89×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
70.3%
Peak was 2018 (91)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,298
1995

Where Mahmoud is used

Across 2016–2025, Mahmoud was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 31,072 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 12,500
  2. 2New York1 in 12,500
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 16,667
  4. 4Illinois1 in 20,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 20,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 33,333
  7. 7California1 in 50,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Mahmoud around the world

Where Mahmoud 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
    #1,035
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1988–2023
    #614
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2010–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    1949–2025
    #1,089
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #417
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1980–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Mahmoud

People whose public names include Mahmoud, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Mahmoud in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Mahmoud. Linked forms have their own page here.

MahmudMahmut

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Mahmoud by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,220
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 208
Best rank ever
#1,298
1995
Peak year
2018
91 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,739
Count in 2025
64

Names similar to Mahmoud

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

MahlonMahdiMahamedMahirMahmoodMaherMahkiMahkaiMahadMahariMahmudMahamadouMahziMahadevCloudMahlikMaheshMaheerMahonriMahkariMahamudMahanDaoudDawoud

Names with a curve like Mahmoud

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Mahmoud, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SaadJairusMohamadJansenMckaySkyeDmitriYonatanKamilArenAramisMarshawn

Sibling names for Mahmoud

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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