Emaad
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Emaad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pillar, support”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Emaad mean?
Arabic: spelling of Emad, itself a spelling of Imad
“pillar, support”
Found in the title Imad al-Din, 'pillar of the faith', borne by the 12th-century ruler Imad ad-Din Zengi.
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Meaning borrowed from Emad.
Is Emaad a girl's or a boy's name?
Emaad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emaad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Emaad, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th.
2025 had the most boys named Emaad of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Emaad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were given Emaad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
- Emad 12
- Emaad 10
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Emaad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Emaad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Emaad, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more boys named Emaad than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Emaad in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were given Emaad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
- Emad 42
- Emaad 12
Emaad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Emaad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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