How rare is the name Bilal?

6,544 people in the United States have the first name Bilal, about 1 in 46,154. It ranks #3,259 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BILAL

#3,259

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,544
About
1 in 46,154
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,544 people named Bilal, 37.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 29.4% as White and 25.8% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bilal peaked in 2018, when 195 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
195
In 2025*
167 ▼14%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,863 babies have been given the name since 1964. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bilal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,561. The largest share of babies named Bilal, 38.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#12,55718
1970s#4,812236
1980s#3,193553
1990s#2,5681,071
2000s#2,5971,424
2010s#2,5831,580
2020s#2,561981
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–805.3%
Millennials 1981–9620.7%
Generation Z 1997–1238.1%
2013 and later35.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Bilal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bilal has been most common in New Jersey (3.3×), Minnesota (3×), and New York (2.3×), and least common in Missouri (0.32×).

4,134 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Bilal

#3,257 Benton · 6,548#3,258 Zeke · 6,547#3,260 Elian · 6,543#3,261 Missy · 6,541

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bilal, most common first.

#35,030 Billal · 231#45,502 Bilaal · 149

Also a last name

As a last name, Bilal ranks #12,185 of 156,621, with 2,440 people. See Bilal as a last name

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