Badr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BADR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Badr is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “full moon”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Badr mean?
Arabic
“full moon”
Also the site of the Battle of Badr (624), the first major victory of the early Muslims.
Is Badr a girl's or a boy's name?
Badr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Badr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Badr, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Badr than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Badr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Badr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
How popular is Badr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Badr, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Badr than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Badr in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Badr in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Badr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd, Muhammad, Hamza, Umar, Musa, Zayan, Zayaan, Amir, Zayn, Abdullah, Rayyan, Arham
Names related to Badr
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, 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, “Badr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/badr, updated 20 October 2026.