Abubakar

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Abū Bakr is an Arabic given name meaning "Father of a Young Camel" that is widely used by Sunni Muslims. Other transliterations include Abu Bakar, Abu Bekr, Ebubekir, Aboubacar, Abubakar, etc. The two parts of the name can be written together, hyphenated, or separately.

From Wikipedia

Abubakar first appears in the data in 1977 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2017 with 58 babies (rank #2,269 that year). In 2024 it was given to 50 boys (rank #2,627). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Abubakar

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Abubakar yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

921
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
58
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19775#5,850
19825#6,390
19855#6,529
19926#7,426
19935#8,706
199611#5,188
19976#8,124
199811#5,471
199916#4,343
200019#4,066
200119#4,123
200221#3,912
200312#5,880
200422#4,007
200519#4,466
200617#5,075
200714#5,904
200826#3,924
200931#3,476
201028#3,708
201129#3,606
201238#3,003
201330#3,498
201444#2,705
201543#2,765
201653#2,411
201758#2,269
201852#2,472
201941#2,941
202049#2,587
202145#2,774
202248#2,715
202343#2,894
202450#2,627