Masud
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-SOOD
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Masud is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lucky, fortunate”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Masud mean?
Arabic: from Arabic mas'ud
“lucky, fortunate”
Mas'ud I, son of Mahmud of Ghazni, ruled the Ghaznavid empire in the 11th century.
Is Masud a girl's or a boy's name?
Masud is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Masud in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Masud in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Masud in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Masud in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Masud, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had fewer boys named Masud than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Masud in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Masud in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Masud
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Hamza, Zayd, Ahmed, Zayaan, Musab, Zayan, Mustafa, Fahad, Abdullah, Umar
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, “Masud: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/masud, updated 20 October 2026.