Muaaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-AAZ
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Muaaz is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protected, sheltered”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Muaaz mean?
Arabic: spelling of Muadh
“protected, sheltered”
Muadh ibn Jabal was a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for his knowledge of Islamic law.
Is Muaaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Muaaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muaaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Muaaz, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Muaaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the UK were given Muaaz or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #682, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- Muaz 36
- Muaaz 14
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Muaaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Muaaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Muaaz, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Muaaz of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Muaaz in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muaaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Muaaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayaan, Hamza, Zayan, Musab, Zayd, Mustafa, Abdullah, Umar, Ahmed, Azaan
Other spellings of Muaaz
Names related to Muaaz
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, “Muaaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muaaz, updated 20 October 2026.