Bilaal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- bi-LAHL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Bilaal is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “moisture, freshness”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Bilaal mean?
Arabic: spelling of Bilal
“moisture, freshness”
Bilal ibn Rabah, a freed slave and early companion of the Prophet, was Islam's first muezzin.
Meaning borrowed from Bilal. More on Wiktionary.
Is Bilaal a girl's or a boy's name?
Bilaal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bilaal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Bilaal, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bilaal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 105 boys in the UK were given Bilaal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #430, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Bilal 99
- Bilaal 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Bilaal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 14 | #1,724 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 25 | #1,102 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 26 | #986 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,124 |
| 2002 | 26 | #791 |
| 2001 | 29 | #691 |
| 2000 | 26 | #743 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 19 | #878 |
| 1997 | 21 | #811 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Bilaal in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Bilaal in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bilaal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
Names like Bilaal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Fahad, Zayaan, Umar, Zayd, Musa, Saif, Zayan, Musab
Other spellings of Bilaal
Names related to Bilaal
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bilaal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bilaal, updated 20 October 2026.