Bilal Boy
How popular is Bilal?
#1,212 boy name in 2025
167 baby boys were named Bilal in the US in 2025, making it the 1212th most popular boy name.
Bilal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,212 for boys (▼ 31 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 167 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,216 in 2015, #1,288 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (195 boys) |
| Highest rank | #953 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bilal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bilal family of names ranked #1,055 for boys in 2025 (#1,031 the year before), with 177 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bilal | 167 | 94% |
| Bilol | 10 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bilal is most popular
Babies named Bilal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Bilal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #3,281 |
| 1970s | 236 | #1,291 |
| 1980s | 553 | #1,026 |
| 1990s | 1,071 | #975 |
| 2000s | 1,419 | #953 |
| 2010s | 1,580 | #1,040 |
| 2020s | 981 | #1,156 |
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Questions
- Is Bilal a boy or girl name?
- Bilal is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bilal were boys.
- How popular is the name Bilal?
- 167 baby boys were named Bilal in the US in 2025, making it the 1212th most popular boy name.
- When was Bilal most popular?
- Bilal peaked in 2018, when 195 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #953 in 2002.
- How many people are named Bilal?
- 5,863 babies have been named Bilal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,744 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Bilal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bilal was most common in Minnesota, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.