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Bilal

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~5,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,212 among boys
Births in 2025
167 5,863 since 1880
Typical age
18 years, median

Bilal popularity over time

Bilal rank by birth year, 1964–2025Bilal ranked #3,282 in 1964 and #1,212 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #954, in 2002.#1,000#1,212198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1964–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2018 is the peak year for Bilal, with 195 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1964. In 2025 it ranked #1,212 with 167 births.

Year on year the rank dropped by 31.

Babies named Bilal per yearPeaks at 195 births in 2018.195 in 20180198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Bilal?

An estimated 5,700 living Americans are called Bilal. SSA has recorded 5,863 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Bilal?

Half of living Bilals are older than 18, half younger. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Bilal a current name.

Your Bilal

Ages of living people named BilalHalf of living Bilals are older than 18 and half younger.median 180204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Bilal is most common

The name is concentrated in Minnesota, at 6.2× the national rate. Virginia, New York and Washington follow.

Where Bilal is used more than average5 states use the name Bilal more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.0× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 6.2× the national rateMNIllinois: 1.9× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 2.1× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 2.2× the national rateVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Bilal is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 144 6.2×
Virginia 80 2.2×
New York 175 2.1×
Washington 60 2.0×
Illinois 97 1.9×

Bilal in England and Wales

ONS recorded 99 births named Bilal in 2025, ranking it #408.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Bilal comes from

From Arabic بِلَال, specially Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Bilal

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Bilal ibn Rabah companion of Muhammad and first Islamic mu'azzin (c.580–640) 581–641 63
Bilal Hassani French-Moroccan singer, songwriter and vlogger 1999 36
Bilal El Khannouss Moroccan association football player 2004 33
Bilal Philips Canadian Muslim scholar and Salafist 1947 23
Bilal Ag Acherif Amazigh (Tuareg) nationalist leader 1977 22
Bilal Erdoğan Turkish businessman and politician (b. 1981) 1981 18
Bilal Boutobba French and Algerian footballer 1998 18
Bilal Coulibaly French basketball player 2004 18
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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