Mumin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOO-min
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Mumin is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “believer; faithful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Mumin mean?
Arabic: spelling of Mu'min
“believer; faithful”
Al-Mu'minun, 'The Believers', is the title of the 23rd chapter of the Qur'an.
Is Mumin a girl's or a boy's name?
Mumin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mumin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Mumin, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mumin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Mumin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Mumin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Mumin, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had more boys named Mumin than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Mumin in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mumin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Mumin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayan, Zayaan, Mustafa, Hamza, Rayyan, Zayd, Umar, Azaan, Abdullah, Ahmed
Names related to Mumin
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, “Mumin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mumin, updated 20 October 2026.