How Many People Are Named Murad?
people named Murad are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 308,748 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,133 babies named Murad in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
56 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic. This name was borne by several Ottoman sultans.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Murad in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Murad alive today is about 18 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Murad first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2016, to 56 babies. In 2025, 45 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Murad has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,330, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #2,824.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,824 |
| Best rank | #2,330 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,245 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Murad alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Murad were born in New York than in any other state: about 87 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Murad was given 6.3 times as often in New York and 2.6 times in California.
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