Mashal
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- MASH-al
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Mashal is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “torch”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Mashal mean?
Arabic: Arabic mash'al
“torch”
Is Mashal a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mashal has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK.
How popular is Mashal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Mashal, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mashal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Mashal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Mashal in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 boys. It first appears in the records in 2021.
Mashal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
Names like Mashal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Ayah, Hiba, Amal, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Rahma, Maha, Safaa, Sumayyah, Huda
Names related to Mashal
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Mashal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mashal, updated 20 October 2026.