Murad
Murad was given to 45 boys in 2025, #2,824 among boys’ names; 1,133 Americans have been recorded with it since 1971 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,110 Americans named Murad and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 7 and 29.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Murad by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Murad mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Murad is “a male given name, of Turkish origin, borne by various Ottoman dignitaries”
From Ottoman Turkish مراد (murad), from Arabic مُرَاد (murād).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Murad?
#2,824 among boys’ names, 2025
Murad rose from #4,836 in 2015 to #2,824 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 10.4 to 26.3 per million.
56 babies in 2016, the peak
Murad peaked in 2016, when 56 boys were given it, #2,359 among boys’ names. The 45 births of 2025 are 80% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,824 | 26.3 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,986 | 24.4 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,787 | 26.9 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,702 | 28.1 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,221 | 21.1 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,113 | 21.4 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,972 | 22.9 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,538 | 28.1 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,170 | 20.0 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,359 | 29.5 |
Every recorded year (54)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 20 | #4,836 | 10.4 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,589 | 15.6 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,465 | 16.4 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,426 | 16.9 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,175 | 12.6 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,195 | 12.5 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,692 | 10.6 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,969 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,352 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,986 | 8.8 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,957 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,364 | 10.1 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,965 | 8.1 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,432 | 9.3 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,682 | 11.8 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,121 | 14.3 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,689 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,663 | 10.5 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,855 | 6.9 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,124 | 8.4 |
| 1995 | 12 | #5,009 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,711 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,455 | 9.7 |
| 1992 | 15 | #4,034 | 7.5 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,393 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 10 | #5,254 | 4.9 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,947 | 7.0 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,359 | 5.7 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,661 | 7.0 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,363 | 5.4 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,953 | 6.0 |
| 1984 | 5 | #7,000 | 2.8 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,788 | 6.1 |
| 1982 | 10 | #4,137 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,772 | 6.1 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,201 | 7.8 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,289 | 5.2 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,543 | 6.7 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,330 | 12.2 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,783 | 9.6 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,838 | 5.8 |
| 1974 | 6 | #5,046 | 3.8 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,621 | 3.2 |
| 1971 | 7 | #4,240 | 4.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Murad a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Murad has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 54 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Murad: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Murad, and how old are they?
1,110 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 1,133 Americans ever recorded as Murad. The median Murad alive today is 15 years old; half are between 7 and 29.
The 2020 Census counted 1,768 people named Murad (13 women and girls, 1,755 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 868 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 87 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 185 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 316 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 518 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Murad
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Murad and names like it
- Compare Murad and AryehBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
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- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Murad since 1910.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Murad.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Murad alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.