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Billal

Billal is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.

Original ArabicBilal

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Billal comes from Arabic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Arabic بِلَال.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Billal through the years

Babies since 1880
142
142 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1993
17 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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02.557.51020002025Highest share 19930.0
Billal in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1990–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Billal’s family of names

In Arabic usage, Billal has a recorded connection with BILAL.

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The ring: across languages.

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