Muadh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-AADH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Muadh is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protected, given refuge”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Muadh mean?
Arabic
“protected, given refuge”
Mu'adh ibn Jabal was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, renowned for his knowledge of Islamic law.
Is Muadh a girl's or a boy's name?
Muadh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muadh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Muadh, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Muadh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Muadh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #1,372 for this spelling alone.
- Muadh 21
- Mu'Adh 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Muadh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Muadh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Muadh, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more boys named Muadh than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Muadh in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muadh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Muadh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Zayaan Zayan Abdullah Zayd Musab Mustafa Hamza Umar Ahmed Azaan
Other spellings of Muadh
Mu'Adh
Names related to Muadh
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, “Muadh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muadh, updated 20 October 2026.