Abubacarr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-boo-BAH-kar
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Abubacarr is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “father of the young camel”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Abubacarr mean?
Arabic: Gambian spelling of Abu Bakr
“father of the young camel”
Gambian form of Abu Bakr, the Prophet Muhammad's companion and the first caliph.
Is Abubacarr a girl's or a boy's name?
Abubacarr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abubacarr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Abubacarr, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abubacarr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Abubacarr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
Names like Abubacarr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Mustafa, Amir, Zayd, Musa, Abdulrahman, Ahmed, Umar, Zayaan, Ibrahim, Arham
Names related to Abubacarr
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abubacarr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abubacarr, updated 20 October 2026.