Murad is an Arabic name that means "wish", "desire" or "goal", and it was borne by five Ottoman sultans, which spread it across Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus and South Asia. It is used by Muslim families of many backgrounds in the United States. Murad peaked at number 2359 among US boys in 2016 and has stayed between numbers 2539 and 3223 since then, ranking 2825 in 2025.