Murad

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Murad or Mourad is an Arabic name. It is also common in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, and Berber as a male given name or surname and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Middle East.

From Wikipedia

Murad first appears in the data in 1971 and has been recorded in 53 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 56 babies (rank #2,359 that year). In 2024 it was given to 42 boys (rank #2,975). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Murad

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Murad yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1,087
Total babies (all years)
53
Years in the data
56
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19717#4,242
19735#5,623
19746#5,048
19759#3,842
197615#2,784
197720#2,330
197811#3,544
19799#4,292
198014#3,202
198111#3,773
198210#4,138
198311#3,789
19845#7,003
198511#3,957
198610#4,367
198713#3,666
198811#4,364
198914#3,954
199010#5,261
199113#4,399
199215#4,041
199319#3,460
199413#4,717
199512#5,015
199616#4,129
199713#4,861
199820#3,667
199915#4,695
200028#3,127
200123#3,687
200218#4,438
200316#4,970
200420#4,367
200517#4,960
200618#4,990
200717#5,355
200815#5,973
200921#4,694
201024#4,195
201124#4,177
201232#3,429
201331#3,467
201430#3,590
201520#4,837
201656#2,359
201737#3,170
201851#2,538
201941#2,972
202036#3,182
202137#3,220
202249#2,702
202346#2,786
202442#2,975