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Muhammad, Mohamad, Muhamad or Mohammad?

4 spellings reached the top 10 of the Malay boys’ table: Muhammad peaked at 70.2% (2010s), Mohamad peaked at 8.5% (1950s), Muhamad peaked at 3.8% (2010s) and Mohammad peaked at 3.0% (2010s). Percentages are shares of that decade’s top-10 total.

Muhammad
4 decades · 70%
Mohamad
4 decades · 8%
Muhamad
1 decade · 4%
Mohammad
1 decade · 3%

Figures for each spelling

Split between spellings

Muhammad Mohamad Muhamad Mohammad

  • 1940s Mohamad 100%
  • 1950s Mohamad 100%
  • 1960s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1970s no spelling in the top 10
  • 1980s Muhammad 100%
  • 1990s Muhammad 100%
  • 2000s Muhammad 88% · Mohamad 12%
  • 2010s Muhammad 86% · Mohamad 6% · Muhamad 5% · Mohammad 4%
Each spelling’s part of this family’s listed figures in that decade (listed spellings only).
DecadeMuhammadMohamadMuhamadMohammad
’40s –8.2%1,665––
’50s –8.5%3,714––
’60s ––––
’70s ––––
’80s 6.2%2,806–––
’90s 18.6%9,865–––
’00s 42.4%34,0386.0%4,793––
’10s 70.2%35,2745.1%2,5453.8%1,9153.0%1,482
Share of the Malay table · boys top-10 total and registrations (– = not listed).

Each spelling

Other spelling families

The Malay, Chinese and Indian tables are JPN’s own breakdown; they describe the data, not people. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

How to cite

Free to quote with a link to this page. Suggested citation:

MalaysianNames (malaysiannames.com). “Muhammad Name Spellings: 4 Variants in JPN Data”. https://malaysiannames.com/en/popular-names/spellings/muhammad/. Updated . Data: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0), last updated 2023-07-26.

Download the JPN top-10 tables we use (decade, table, sex, rank, name, count, share of the top-10 total):

Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Frequently asked questions

Are Muhammad and Mohamad the same name?

Our records link them as spellings of one name, meaning “praised; commendable”. JPN counts each spelling separately, and we do not merge the figures.

When was each spelling in the top 10?

Muhammad: 1980s #10, 1990s #1, 2000s #1, 2010s #1; Mohamad: 1940s #6, 1950s #8, 2000s #7, 2010s #3; Muhamad: 2010s #4; Mohammad: 2010s #6.