Bilal is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2018 and remains in steady use.
Bilal is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,212 for boy births in the United States (and #2,500 across all names), given to 167 babies. Bilal first appears in 1964 and peaked in 2018 (195 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 167 | 167 | — | #1,212 |
| 2024 | 175 | 175 | — | #1,182 |
| 2023 | 180 | 180 | — | #1,156 |
| 2022 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,200 |
| 2021 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,255 |
| 2020 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,288 |
| 2019 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,239 |
| 2018 | 195 | 195 | — | #1,040 |
| 2017 | 168 | 168 | — | #1,132 |
| 2016 | 167 | 167 | — | #1,149 |
| 2015 | 151 | 151 | — | #1,217 |
| 2014 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,225 |
| 2013 | 138 | 138 | — | #1,262 |
| 2012 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,173 |
| 2011 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,109 |
| 2010 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,258 |
| 2009 | 147 | 147 | — | #1,220 |
| 2008 | 139 | 139 | — | #1,253 |
| 2007 | 135 | 135 | — | #1,288 |
| 2006 | 124 | 124 | — | #1,322 |
| 2005 | 142 | 142 | — | #1,139 |
| 2004 | 154 | 154 | #16,490 | #1,072 |
| 2003 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,060 |
| 2002 | 168 | 168 | — | #954 |
| 2001 | 136 | 136 | — | #1,060 |
| 2000 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,071 |
| 1999 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,130 |
| 1998 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,190 |
| 1997 | 127 | — | — | #1,006 |
| 1996 | 95 | — | — | #1,195 |
| 1995 | 103 | — | — | #1,126 |
| 1994 | 99 | — | — | #1,141 |
| 1993 | 97 | — | — | #1,144 |
| 1992 | 107 | — | — | #1,058 |
| 1991 | 119 | — | — | #981 |
| 1990 | 104 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1989 | 100 | — | — | #1,030 |
| 1988 | 52 | — | — | #1,467 |
| 1987 | 57 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1986 | 52 | — | — | #1,363 |
| 1985 | 40 | — | — | #1,596 |
| 1984 | 45 | — | — | #1,426 |
| 1983 | 41 | — | — | #1,492 |
| 1982 | 56 | — | — | #1,242 |
| 1981 | 47 | — | — | #1,378 |
| 1980 | 63 | — | — | #1,146 |
| 1979 | 51 | — | — | #1,292 |
| 1978 | 44 | — | — | #1,395 |
| 1977 | 46 | — | — | #1,335 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | — | #1,576 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | — | #1,891 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | — | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 8 | — | — | #3,738 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | — | #4,011 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | — | #4,279 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | — | #4,465 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,569 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | — | #3,312 |