Mujahid
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-JAH-hid
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Mujahid is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who strives”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Mujahid mean?
Arabic
“one who strives”
From the same Arabic root as jihad, whose primary sense is 'striving' or 'struggle'.
Is Mujahid a girl's or a boy's name?
Mujahid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mujahid in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Mujahid, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mujahid in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Mujahid in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Mujahid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Mujahid, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer boys named Mujahid than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Mujahid in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mujahid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Mujahid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Mustafa Hamza Abdullah Ahmed Mouhamed Khalid Fahad Zayd Musa Mahmoud Hamid
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, “Mujahid: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mujahid, updated 20 October 2026.