Muslim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOOS-lim
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Muslim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who submits to God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Muslim mean?
Arabic
“one who submits to God”
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj compiled Sahih Muslim, one of the most respected collections of hadith.
Is Muslim a girl's or a boy's name?
Muslim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muslim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Muslim, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Muslim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
Names like Muslim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Umar, Hamza, Amir, Zayd, Zayaan, Musab, Raheem, Ibrahim, Abdullah
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Muslim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muslim, updated 20 October 2026.