Bilal

Meaning and origin of Bilal

Popularity of Bilal in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2002.
• Over recent years, Bilal has been stable (−3.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Bilal every 12 schools, all spellings combined.

Bilal in English-speaking countries

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  527^th boys’ name65 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,615−1.3% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  420^th boys’ name287 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,879−2.1% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  843^rd boys’ name5 babies in 3 years1 boy in 8,907

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,183^rd boys’ name522 babies in 3 years1 boy in 9,850+2.1% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  813^th boys’ name7 babies in 3 years1 boy in 10,260

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Scotland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Bilal and Bilâl are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Bilâl5
• Billal (in French)25
• Bilale5

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Bilal

• Ishaq
• Malik
• Qassim
• Samy
• Ousmane
• Issam
• Islem
• Khalil
• Sami
• Kamil
• Naïl
• Mehdi

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin