Bilal
Bilal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 175 births. Its best rank was 954th, in 2002.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1750.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2018195 births
- Best rank
- #954in 2002
- Since 1964
- 5,690people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,690 boys have been named Bilal in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 195 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 28%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2018, its biggest year
Bilal was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Bilal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Samipeak 2017
- Menachempeak 2014
- Mohammadpeak 2022
- Mohammedpeak 2014
- Arenpeak 2024
- Keonipeak 2013
- Alipeak 2022
- Boruchpeak 2013
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.