# Masoud (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/masoud/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Masood, Massoud, Masud |
| US babies named this | 76 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 76 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْعُود (masʕūd); this surname is predominantly found in Tanzania and Egypt.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 7,003 |
| 2003 | 5 | 12,083 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,858 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,500 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,628 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,514 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,346 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,355 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,405 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,361 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,498 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,853 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Masoud

- Masoud Pezeshkian, 9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026)
- Masoud Barzani, 1st president of Iraqi Kurdistan (2005-17)
- Masoud Azizi, Afghan athletics competitor
- 'Ala' al-Din al-Kasani, 12th-century Islamic scholar
- Messaoud Dris, Algerian judoka

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.