Murtaza
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mur-TAH-za
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Murtaza is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “chosen, approved”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Murtaza mean?
Arabic: from al-Murtada
“chosen, approved”
Al-Murtada, 'the approved one', is an honorific title of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Murtaza a girl's or a boy's name?
Murtaza is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Murtaza in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,423rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Murtaza, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 34 boys.
2025 had more boys named Murtaza than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Murtaza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Murtaza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 12 | #1,969 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 19 | #1,428 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 34 | #885 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,183 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Murtaza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,049th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Murtaza, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Murtaza in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Murtaza in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
Names like Murtaza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mustafa, Musa, Hamza, Abdullah, Huzaifa, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Zayd, Zayan, Musab, Zayaan
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, “Murtaza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/murtaza, updated 20 October 2026.