MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Mahmud mean?
Mahmud is the Arabic passive participle maḥmūd, someone or something praised. The root concerns praise and gratitude and also appears in the related names Hamid and Hamida.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
महमूद
Conventional spelling
Arabic
محمود
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Mahmud in Indian usage
33,438 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (97.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 744 records (2.2%).
- Recorded as male: 32,694 records (97.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 751 |
| 1940s | 2,465 |
| 1950s | 4,761 |
| 1960s | 7,247 |
| 1970s | 7,964 |
| 1980s | 6,761 |
| 1990s | 3,342 |
| Other decades | 147 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 19,734 |
| Bihar | 4,758 |
| Kerala | 2,424 |
| Rajasthan | 1,895 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,111 |
| Jharkhand | 1,084 |
| Haryana | 760 |
| Uttarakhand | 760 |
| Maharashtra | 399 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 377 |
| Other states | 136 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Mahmud / M | 5 | 3,684 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Mahmud ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Mahmud; Table_6, C4036 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Mahmud; Table_6, C4036
- Wiktionary: محمود ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.