Mubashir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-BAH-shir
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Mubashir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “bearer of good news”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Mubashir mean?
Arabic
“bearer of good news”
Is Mubashir a girl's or a boy's name?
Mubashir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mubashir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Mubashir, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mubashir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Mubashir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Mubashir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Mubashir, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Mubashir in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mubashir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Mubashir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Mustafa Musa Abdullah Zayaan Huzaifa Zayan Zayd Musab Hamza Umar Zahir
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, “Mubashir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mubashir, updated 20 October 2026.