Balaj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BA-laj
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
Balaj is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “brightness of dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies).
What does Balaj mean?
Arabic
“brightness of dawn”
Is Balaj a girl's or a boy's name?
Balaj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Balaj in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 371% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Balaj, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Balaj of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Balaj in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
Names like Balaj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Amir, Umar, Hamza, Zayd, Musa, Zayaan, Khalid, Arham, Mustafa, Yahya, Zayan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa, Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Balaj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/balaj, updated 20 October 2026.