Bilal

Boy name

Bilal has been given to 5,863 babies in the U.S. since 1964. It peaked in 2018.

Meaning & origin

From Arabic بِلَال (bilāl), specially Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ.

Origin: Arabic

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

5,863

Peak year

2018 (195 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1964

10-year trend

▲ +11%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Bilal.

5,843 babies since 1968

5,842 babies since 1885

5,886 babies since 1988

5,892 babies since 1995

5,904 babies since 1956

5,925 babies since 1880

5,929 babies since 1976

5,929 babies since 1987

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