Muzammil
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-ZAM-il
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Muzammil is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wrapped up, enfolded”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Muzammil mean?
Arabic
“wrapped up, enfolded”
From Al-Muzzammil, 'the enwrapped one', the 73rd surah of the Qur'an, which addresses the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Muzammil a girl's or a boy's name?
Muzammil is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muzammil in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Muzammil, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Muzammil in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were given Muzammil or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,288, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Muzammil in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Muzammil in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Muzammil, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Muzammil in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Muzammil in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
Names like Muzammil
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Mustafa, Musa, Abdullah, Zayd, Zayaan, Huzaifa, Zayan, Hamza, Musab, Ibrahim, Ahmed
Other spellings of Muzammil
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, “Muzammil: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muzammil, updated 20 October 2026.