Mahmood
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود, common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning praise, along with Muhammad.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Mahmood
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name محمود, common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning praise, along with Muhammad.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Mahmood
American parents first put Mahmood on the record books as a baby boy name in 1978, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1997, when 16 Mahmoods were born — ranking #4,059 that year. About 30% of every Mahmood on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Mahmood last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 359 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Mahmood
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About the name Mahmood
Mahmood is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 359 births in the dataset. Mahmood's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #4,059. Use the chart and map above to compare Mahmood's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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