Bader
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAH-der
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Bader is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “full moon”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Bader mean?
Arabic: from badr 'full moon'
“full moon”
Badr is also the site of the Battle of Badr (624), the first major victory of the early Muslims.
Is Bader a girl's or a boy's name?
Bader is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bader in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bader in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bader in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
How popular is Bader in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Bader, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Bader in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bader in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
Names like Bader
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Umar Hamza Ahmed Musa Abdullah Amir Yahya Rayyan Zayan Mustafa Zayd
Names related to Bader
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
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, “Bader: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bader, updated 20 October 2026.