MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Muslim mean?
Muslim is the Arabic active participle of aslama, to submit or surrender. As a word it has an established religious use, while also occurring independently as a masculine personal name.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
मुस्लिम
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मुसलमान
5,907 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Muslim in Indian usage
10,868 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling मुस्लिम.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 399 records (3.7%).
- Recorded as male: 10,469 records (96.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 113 |
| 1940s | 570 |
| 1950s | 1,190 |
| 1960s | 1,970 |
| 1970s | 2,393 |
| 1980s | 2,928 |
| 1990s | 1,704 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 5,430 |
| Bihar | 3,749 |
| Jharkhand | 1,216 |
| Rajasthan | 473 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Muslim / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Muslim; Table_6, C6110 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Muslim; Table_6, C6110
- Wiktionary: مسلم ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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