Abubaker
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-boo-BAH-ker
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Abubaker 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 Abubaker mean?
Arabic: spelling of Abu Bakr
“father of the young camel”
Abu Bakr was the Prophet Muhammad's closest companion and the first caliph after his death.
Is Abubaker a girl's or a boy's name?
Abubaker 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 Abubaker in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 120% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Abubaker, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abubaker in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Abubaker in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Abubaker
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Ahmed, Muhammad, Abdulrahman, Mustafa, Abdurrahman, Abdur, Hamza, Abdul-Ahad, Abdulmalik, Abdur-Rahman, Abdulaziz
Names related to Abubaker
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, 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, “Abubaker: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abubaker, updated 20 October 2026.