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Bilal

Meaning: Moistening; dew
Origin: Arabic — Borne by Islam's first muezzin

Boy's name · #1212 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Bilal reached its best rank, #954, in 2002 and ranked #1212 in 2025. About 5,900 boys have carried it since 1964.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#16 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #209 in Belgium (2025) · #220 in Austria (2025) · #233 in France (2025) · #302 in Sweden (2025) · #367 in Netherlands (2025) · #409 in England & Wales (2025) · #424 in Switzerland (2025) · #424 in Norway (2025) · #505 in Poland (2025) · #866 in Ireland (2025) · #486 in Canada (2024).

Famous Bilals

Bilal ibn Ribah — Companion of Muhammad and first Islamic mu'azzin (c. 580–640)
Bilal Hassani — French-Moroccan singer, songwriter and vlogger
Bilal El Khannouss — Moroccan association football player
Bilal Philips — Canadian Muslim scholar and Salafist (born 1947)
Bilal Ag Acherif — Amazigh (Tuareg) nationalist leader

What Bilals become

Among 325 notable people named Bilal:

Sports figures appear 2.28× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bilal El Khannouss, Moroccan association football player.

Similar names: Kenan · Bishop · Adnan · Khalid · Jamal · Karim

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