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Bilal

“Moistening; dew (Arabic) — borne by Islam's first muezzin” — Arabic origin

Boy's name · #1212 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Bilal has appeared in US records since 1964 — best rank #954 (2002) · 5,858 babies named Bilal all-time · 1 in 10,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: #17 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Bilals

• Bilal ibn Ribah — companion of Muhammad and first Islamic mu'azzin (c.580–640)
• Bilal Hassani — French-Moroccan singer, songwriter and vlogger
• Bilal El Khannouss — Moroccan association football player
• Bilal Philips — Canadian Muslim scholar and Salafist (born 1947)
• Bilal Ag Acherif — Amazigh (Tuareg) nationalist leader

What Bilals become

Among 288 notable people named Bilal:

Athletes appear 2.25× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bilal El Khannouss, Moroccan association football player.

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