Ghulam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ghoo-LAHM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Ghulam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young man, servant”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Ghulam mean?
Arabic
“young man, servant”
Arabic for 'boy, servant', usually the first part of compound names such as Ghulam Ali or Ghulam Muhammad.
Is Ghulam a girl's or a boy's name?
Ghulam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ghulam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ghulam, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 17 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Ghulam since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Ghulam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2006, 31% of the babies named Ghulam in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ghulam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,436 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
Names like Ghulam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Qasim, Ayham, Azeem, Haseeb, Naeem, Saif, Umair, Zohaib, Saim, Samir, Hamid, Saeed
Names related to Ghulam
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Ghulam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ghulam, updated 20 October 2026.