Mubarak
Masculine · “blessed”
Mubarak is blessed, in the passive: not one who blesses but one who has been blessed. Arabic uses the word constantly, in greetings at the end of Ramadan and at weddings, so the name is heard in its ordinary sense every day across the Muslim world.
How old is the name Mubarak?
Mubarak first appears in US birth records in 1981 — 44 years ago. The typical Mubarak is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Mubarak are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mubarak most popular?
Mubarak peaked in 2019, reaching #3426 nationally. Today it ranks #5045, 1,619 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Mubarak
The root b-r-k runs through Arabic religious vocabulary and produced a family of names: Baraka, Mubarak, Barakat, Tabarak. Mubarak has been given since early Islamic times and traveled with Arabic into Persian, Urdu, Swahili, Hausa and Malay. It is especially common in the Gulf, in Sudan and across West Africa, and it came to American records with families from all of those places. In Swahili-speaking East Africa it is ordinary too.
Meaning
blessed
Arabic mubarak, the passive participle of baraka, to bless, from a root about blessing and abundance. The greeting Eid Mubarak uses the same word, wishing a blessed festival.
Pronouncing Mubarak
moo-BAH-rak
Three syllables, stress in the middle, all vowels open. English speakers say it correctly with very little adjustment.
Nicknames for Mubarak
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
- 1981
- Most boys named
- 201933 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3426reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- −29.6%19 in 2025, from 27
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.
Mubarak in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- مبارك in Arabic — transliteration
- Mubarak in Swahili — same name
- Mubarak in Urdu — same name
- Mübarek in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, Ohio, New York.
Mubaraks among us
people named Mubarak are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 89,899 born in 2025 was named Mubarak
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 Rein test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mubarak's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rein climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rein's path sketches the road Mubarak is walking now.
Mubarak 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
Mubarak beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mubarak in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a single warm word heard in daily greetings across the Muslim world.
- Three open syllables make it easy for English speakers to say.
- It is used from Morocco to Malaysia, so it belongs to many communities at once.
- It is a well-known political surname in Egypt, which will be mentioned by some.
- Mubarak and Mobarak are both used in transliteration, so records may differ.
- It is long for American forms and gets clipped without anyone asking.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mubaraks 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 Mubarak are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Mubarak in 2025?
- Mubarak ranks #5045 among US boy names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mubarak?
- About 1 in every 89,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Mubarak — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mubarak with classmates?
- Mubarak will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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