Murad — #2965 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Murad

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,087 babies named Murad between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Murad currently holds the #2965 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Murad performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 346 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Murad shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Murad in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Murad in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,087 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.