Murad

Boy · moo-RAAD · Arabic

Murad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “desired, wished for”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).

What does Murad mean?

Arabic

“desired, wished for”

Borne by several Ottoman sultans, including Murad I, who expanded the empire into the Balkans; the Turkish form is Murat.

Say it: moo-RAAD

Is Murad a girl's or a boy's name?

Murad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Murad in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,220among boys
Babies in 2025: 25about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend: Risingup 28% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Murad, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th.

2025 had the most boys named Murad of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Murad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were given Murad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #973, up from #1,220 for this spelling alone.

Murad 25
Muraad 4

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 25 in 20252025

Murad in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	25	#1,220
2024	15	#1,745
2023	15	#1,715
2022	16	#1,639
2021	8	#2,619
2020	17	#1,512
2019	16	#1,608
2018	10	#2,234
2017	12	#2,037
2016	11	#2,143
2015	6	#3,149
2014	9	#2,378
2013	16	#1,560
2012	7	#2,849
2011	9	#2,311
2010	11	#2,013
2009	6	#2,970
2008	0	–
2007	4	#3,748
2006	6	#2,645
2005	0	–
2004	12	#1,494
2003	6	#2,283
2002	6	#2,106
2001	8	#1,690
2000	6	#1,977
1999	7	#1,749
1998	7	#1,727
1997	3	#2,979
1996	8	#1,506

How popular is Murad in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,797among boys
Babies in 2025: 45about 1 in 38,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 3% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Murad, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 56 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the boys named Murad in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 56 in 20162025

Murad in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	45	#2,797
2024	42	#2,957
2023	46	#2,768
2022	49	#2,674
2021	37	#3,179
2020	37	#3,073
2019	41	#2,941
2018	51	#2,506
2017	37	#3,122
2016	56	#2,335
2015	20	#4,709
2014	30	#3,530
2013	31	#3,403
2012	32	#3,368
2011	24	#4,108
2010	24	#4,098
2009	21	#4,580
2008	15	#5,762
2007	17	#5,207
2006	18	#4,861
2005	17	#4,819
2004	20	#4,259
2003	16	#4,810
2002	18	#4,316
2001	23	#3,612
2000	28	#3,069
1999	15	#4,531
1998	20	#3,593
1997	13	#4,663
1996	16	#4,016
1995	12	#4,785
1994	13	#4,531
1993	19	#3,362
1992	15	#3,912
1991	13	#4,223
1990	10	#4,986
1989	14	#3,803
1988	11	#4,157
1987	13	#3,516
1986	10	#4,126
1985	11	#3,802
1984	5	#6,311
1983	11	#3,629
1982	10	#3,964
1981	11	#3,599
1980	14	#3,097
1979	9	#4,066
1978	11	#3,399
1977	20	#2,270
1976	15	#2,708
1975	9	#3,657
1974	6	#4,632
1973	5	#5,099
1972	0	–
1971	7	#3,961

Names like Murad

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Muhammad Musa Ahmed Mustafa Zayd Hamza Abdullah Fahad Umar Ahad Musab Mahmoud

Other spellings of Murad

Muraad

Names related to Murad

Murdo Mourad

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