Muneer
Boy · moo-NEER · Arabic
Muneer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “shining, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Muneer mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Munir
“shining, radiant”
- Say it
- moo-NEER
Is Muneer a girl's or a boy's name?
Muneer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muneer in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 boys.
Muneer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Muneer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Muneer, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer boys named Muneer than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Muneer in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were given Muneer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,273, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Munir 41
- Muneer 7
Muneer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Muneer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Muneer
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