NameTides

Bilal

Bilal was the #1,212 boys' name in the US in 2025 (167 babies), and #408 in England & Wales and #463 in Canada.

Bilal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bilal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandUS
Bilal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,212 (167)#408 (99)—#829 (3)#463 (67)
2024#1,181 (175)#414 (97)#619 (4)#655 (4)#484 (61)
2023#1,156 (180)#431 (91)——#620 (43)
2022#1,200 (166)#472 (84)#590 (4)—#595 (45)
2021#1,253 (152)#482 (83)——#650 (42)
2020#1,288 (141)#400 (103)—#741 (3)#494 (54)
2019#1,239 (152)#364 (121)——#533 (52)
2018#1,040 (195)#360 (125)——#517 (54)
2017#1,132 (168)#364 (128)—#443 (7)#531 (52)
2016#1,149 (167)#306 (158)——#497 (58)
2015#1,216 (151)#334 (140)#686 (3)#554 (5)#578 (46)
2014#1,225 (149)#349 (126)—#609 (4)#464 (64)
2013#1,261 (138)#320 (133)#687 (3)—#564 (47)
2012#1,172 (155)#297 (154)#467 (6)#500 (6)#608 (40)
2011#1,108 (166)#305 (146)#491 (5)#490 (6)#469 (58)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,040.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bilal is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,300 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bilal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #446MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #988CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Bilal (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#29516
Ontario2024#57920

Bilal (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BilalCanadaBoys#46367
BilalEngland & WalesBoys#40899
BilalIrelandBoys#8293
BilalNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BilalScotlandBoys—too few
BilalUSGirls—too few
BilalUSBoys#1,212167