Aboubacar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-boo-bah-KAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Aboubacar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “father of the young camel”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Aboubacar mean?
Arabic: French West African spelling of Abu Bakr
“father of the young camel”
Abu Bakr was the Prophet Muhammad's closest companion and the first caliph of Islam.
Is Aboubacar a girl's or a boy's name?
Aboubacar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aboubacar in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
Aboubacar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Aboubacar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Aboubacar, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Aboubacar in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aboubacar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Aboubacar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Umar Abdulrahman Zayd Ahmed Mustafa Amir Musa Abubakar Hamza Abdurrahman
Names related to Aboubacar
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aboubacar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aboubacar, updated 20 October 2026.