Rasul
Boy · rah-SOOL · Arabic
Rasul is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Rasul mean?
Arabic
“messenger”
Rasul Allah, 'Messenger of God', is a title of the Prophet Muhammad in Islam.
- Say it
- rah-SOOL
Is Rasul a girl's or a boy's name?
Rasul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rasul in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Rasul, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Rasul in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rasul in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
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