Name meaning & stats
Mahmoud
Mahmoud means “praise”. 2,739 US babies since 1940, peak 2018.
What it means
“praise”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2018
2,739 US babies were named Mahmoud between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Mahmoud (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 73% of the family
- Mahmoud 73%
- Mahamed 11%
- Mahmood 10%
- Mahmud 6%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2018)