Muad
Masculine · “protected”
Muad is an Arabic name about shelter — the one who has been taken into protection. It belongs to a companion of the Prophet remembered as a teacher, and it has been in use since the earliest Islamic period.
How old is the name Muad?
Muad first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Muad is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Muad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Muad most popular?
Muad peaked in 2018, reaching #2674 nationally. Today it ranks #3379, 705 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Muadh to Muad
The story of Muad
Muadh ibn Jabal was among the younger companions of the Prophet and was sent to Yemen as a teacher and judge, which fixed his name in the tradition as one associated with learning. The root behind it runs through Arabic in words for refuge and asylum. It is used across the Arab world, in Malaysia and Indonesia, and in the Horn of Africa, and English-language records show Muad, Muadh and Moaz for the same name.
Meaning
protected, one who takes refuge
From an Arabic root meaning to seek refuge or protection; the name describes the person sheltered rather than the one sheltering, and the same root gives the formula said when seeking God's protection.
How the name formed
- Muadh
- Muad
Related forms: Muadh · Muaz · Muaz
Pronouncing Muad
moo-AHD
Two syllables with the stress on the second and a soft final consonant that English does not have.
Nicknames for Muad
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2000
- Most boys named
- 201947 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2674reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- −12.8%34 in 2025, from 39
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Muad in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Muadh in Arabic — transliteration
- Muaz in Malay — spelling variant
- Muaz in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, Ohio, Texas.
Muads among us
people named Muad are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 50,238 born in 2025 was named Muad
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Parsa test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Muad's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Parsa climbed just as high around 2003, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Parsa's path sketches the road Muad is walking now.
Muad sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Muad is headed
Muad should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Muad beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Muad in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning drawn from a specific and much-used Arabic root.
- Four letters and two syllables, short and easy to write.
- Recognized across the Arab world, Southeast Asia and East Africa.
- The final consonant is a sound English lacks and will be flattened to a d.
- Muadh and Moaz are the same name in other transliterations.
- English readers will try MYOO-ad on first sight.
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Masculine · #3379 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Muads are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Muad are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Muad in 2025?
- Muad ranks #3379 among US boy names in 2025, with 34 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Muad?
- About 1 in every 50,238 US boys born in 2025 was named Muad — 34 in all.
- Will my child share the name Muad with classmates?
- Muad will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Muad
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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