Abubakar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-boo-BAK-ar
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,080 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Abubakar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “father of the young camel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,080th for boys in the UK (30 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Abubakar mean?
Arabic: form of Abu Bakr used in West and East Africa
“father of the young camel”
Abu Bakr was the closest companion of the Prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of Islam.
Is Abubakar a girl's or a boy's name?
Abubakar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abubakar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,080among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the UK were named Abubakar, making it the 1,080th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 47 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abubakar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,007th in England and Wales.
Abubakar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #1,080 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 33 | #960 |
| 2019 | 38 | #875 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,067 |
| 2017 | 37 | #919 |
| 2016 | 42 | #838 |
| 2015 | 35 | #946 |
| 2014 | 36 | #905 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,002 |
| 2012 | 40 | #852 |
| 2011 | 47 | #745 |
| 2010 | 34 | #927 |
| 2009 | 39 | #818 |
| 2008 | 43 | #751 |
| 2007 | 42 | #742 |
| 2006 | 34 | #823 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 24 | #954 |
| 2003 | 28 | #808 |
| 2002 | 20 | #951 |
| 2001 | 30 | #673 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Abubakar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Abubakar, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer boys named Abubakar than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Abubakar in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abubakar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 52 | #2,471 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,269 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Nicknames for Abubakar
- Abu 53 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Abubakar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Abdulrahman Umar Ahmed Zayd Mustafa Hamza Musa Abdurrahman Amir Zayaan
Names related to Abubakar
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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, “Abubakar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abubakar, updated 20 October 2026.