NameTides

Murad

Murad was the #2,798 boys' name in the US in 2025 (45 babies), and #1,153 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

Murad as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Murad as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Murad as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,798 (45)#1,153 (25)—#1,374 (17)
2024#2,958 (42)#1,675 (15)—#2,062 (9)
2023#2,769 (46)#1,610 (15)—#1,496 (13)
2022#2,675 (49)#1,534 (16)—#2,229 (7)
2021#3,180 (37)#2,493 (8)—#1,898 (9)
2020#3,074 (37)#1,635 (14)#711 (3)#2,013 (8)
2019#2,943 (41)#1,587 (15)—#1,256 (16)
2018#2,507 (51)#2,112 (10)—#1,682 (10)
2017#3,123 (37)#2,052 (11)—#2,198 (7)
2016#2,335 (56)#2,175 (10)—#1,831 (9)
2015#4,711 (20)#3,004 (6)——
2014#3,532 (30)#2,459 (8)—#2,667 (5)
2013#3,405 (31)#1,539 (15)—#2,606 (5)
2012#3,371 (32)#3,039 (6)—#2,368 (6)
2011#4,110 (24)#2,194 (9)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #2,335.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 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 38,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Murad is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 37,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 47,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Murad 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: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Murad (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
Ontario2024#1,5176

Murad (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
MuradCanadaBoys#1,37417
MuradEngland & WalesBoys#1,15325
MuradNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MuradScotlandBoys—too few
MuradUSBoys#2,79845