How Many People Are Named Bilal?
people named Bilal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 59,617 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,863 babies named Bilal in Social Security records from 1964 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
195 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "wetting, moistening" in Arabic. This was the name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Bilal (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bilal alive today is about 19 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bilal first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 2018, to 195 babies. In 2025, 167 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bilal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #953, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #1,212.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,212 |
| Best rank | #953 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,171 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bilal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bilal were born in New York than in any other state: about 730 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bilal was given 3.4 times as often in New Jersey, 3.3 times in Minnesota and 2.9 times in New York.
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